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Ochna afzelii

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID643ff72783742576195326
Scientific name Ochna afzelii
Authority R.Br. ex Oliv.
First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 319 (1868)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ochna barteri (Tiegh.) Hutch. & Dalziel Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 190 (1927)
Ochna mechowiana O.Hoffm. Linnaea 43: 123 (1881)
Ochna gilletiana Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 239 (1903)
Ochna ituriensis De Wild. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl. Bot.): 35 (1919)
Ochnella mechowiana Tiegh. J. Bot. (Morot) 16: 122 (1902)
Ochnella capitata Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 9, 5: 173 (1907)
Ochnella buechneri Tiegh. J. Bot. (Morot) 16: 122 (1902)
Ochnella barteri Tiegh. J. Bot. (Morot) 16: 122 (1902)
Ochnella afzelii Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 8, 16: 345 (1902)
Ochnella welwitschii Tiegh. J. Bot. (Morot) 16: 122 (1902)
Ochna rhodesica R.E.Fr. Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912 , 1: 149 (1914)
Ochna welwitschii Rolfe Bol. Soc. Brot. 11: 84 (1893)
Polyochnella welwitschii Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 8, 16: 348 (1902)
Polyochnella buechneri Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 8, 16: 348 (1902)
Polyochnella gilletiana Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 8, 18: 40 (1903)
Diporidium afzelii Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 105 (1891)
Diporidium mechowianum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 105 (1891)
Ochna congoensis Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 239 (1903)
Polyochnella congoensis Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 8, 16: 349 (1902)
Polyochnella barteri Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 8, 16: 348 (1902)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic أوكنة أفزلية

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Ochna afzelii subsp. congoensis (Tiegh.) N.Robson Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 36: 33 1962
Ochna afzelii subsp. mechowiana (O.Hoffm.) N.Robson Bol. Soc. Brot. II, 36: 34 1962

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Zambia
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Nigeria
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000388902
Tropicos 22800575
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:606506-1
The Plant List kew-2397581
Open Tree Of Life 5750875
NCBI Taxonomy 1501052
IUCN Red List 146198791
IPNI 606506-1
GBIF 3695658

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
New Insights Into The Evolution of Chloroplast Genomes in Ochna Species (Ochnaceae, Malpighiales) Nhat Nam N, Hoang Danh N, Minh Thiet V, Do HD Evol Bioinform Online 15-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10655658
doi:10.1177/11769343231210756
PMID:38020533
Ethnobotanical characterization of medicinal plants used in Kisantu and Mbanza-Ngungu territories, Kongo-Central Province in DR Congo Pathy KK, Flavien NB, Honoré BK, Vanhove W, Patrick VD J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 23-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7824950
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00428-7
PMID:33485383
Diversity, above-ground biomass, and vegetation patterns in a tropical dry forest in Kimbi-Fungom National Park, Cameroon Sainge MN, Nchu F, Townsend Peterson A Heliyon 31-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC7002822
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03290
PMID:32042986
First large-scale ethnobotanical survey in the province of Uíge, northern Angola Lautenschläger T, Monizi M, Pedro M, Mandombe JL, Bránquima MF, Heinze C, Neinhuis C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6060550
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0238-3
PMID:30045744
Improved non-destructive 2D and 3D X-ray imaging of leaf venation Schneider JV, Rabenstein R, Wesenberg J, Wesche K, Zizka G, Habersetzer J Plant Methods 19-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5774031
doi:10.1186/s13007-018-0274-y
PMID:29375648
Massive structural and compositional changes over two decades in forest fragments near Kampala, Uganda Bulafu C, Baranga D, Mucunguzi P, Telford RJ, Vandvik V Ecol Evol 12-Sep-2013
PMCID:PMC3810876
doi:10.1002/ece3.747
PMID:24198941
Flavonoids of Ochna afzelii. Dieudonne Emmanuel Pegnyemb, Raphael Ghogomu Tih, Beibam Lucas Sondengam, Alain Blond, Bernard Bodo Wiley 28-Jul-2005
doi:10.1002/CHIN.200402236
Flavonoids of Ochna afzelii. Pegnyemb DE, Tih RG, Sondengam BL, Blond A, Bodo B Phytochemistry 01-Sep-2003
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00267-X
PMID:12943792
Isolation and Structure Elucidation of a New Isobiflavonoid From Ochna afzelii D.E. Pegnyemb, R. Ghogomu Tih, B.L. Sondengam, A. Blond, B. Bodo Informa UK Limited 09-Jun-2003
doi:10.1076/PHBI.41.2.92.14245
Flavonoids from leaves of Ochna Afzelii D.E. Pegnyemb, R.G. Tih, B.L. Sondengam, A. Blond, B. Bodo Elsevier BV 17-Jan-2003
doi:10.1016/S0305-1978(02)00089-3
Biflavonoids from Ochna afzelii. Pegnyemb DE, Tih RG, Sondengam BL, Blond A, Bodo B Phytochemistry 01-Jun-2001
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00101-7
PMID:11394861

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzophenones
Arugosin H 11844239 Click to see 356.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00101-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
beta-Sitosterol 3-O-beta-D-galactopyranoside 296119 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C 576.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.41.2.92.14245
Sitogluside 5742590 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C 576.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.41.2.92.14245
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
Breynioside A 11176815 Click to see 392.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00267-X
Lanceoloside A 133556315 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=CC=C(C=C3)O)O)O)O)O 392.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00267-X
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / 2-arylbenzofuran flavonoids
(2S,3S,7S)-3-(2,4-dihydroxybenzoyl)-4-hydroxy-7-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,3,6,7-tetrahydrofuro[3,2-g]chromen-5-one 641712 Click to see 540.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00267-X
https://doi.org/10.1002/CHIN.200402236
(2S,3S)-3-(2,4-dihydroxybenzoyl)-4-hydroxy-7-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,3,6,7-tetrahydrofuro[3,2-g]chromen-5-one 11731251 Click to see 540.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00267-X
(E)-1-[(2S,3S)-3-(2,4-dihydroxybenzoyl)-4,6-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-7-yl]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one 101757163 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC(=O)C2=C(C=C(C3=C2OC(C3C(=O)C4=C(C=C(C=C4)O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O 526.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00267-X
(E)-1-[3-(2,4-dihydroxybenzoyl)-4,6-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-benzofuran-7-yl]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one 10007020 Click to see 524.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00267-X
(E)-3-[(2S,3S)-3-(2,4-dihydroxybenzoyl)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-5-yl]-1-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one 12085730 Click to see 510.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00101-7
1-[3-(2,4-Dihydroxybenzoyl)-4,6-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-benzofuran-7-yl]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propan-1-one 13940754 Click to see 526.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(02)00089-3
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00267-X
3-[(2S,3S)-3-(2,4-dihydroxybenzoyl)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-5-yl]-1-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propan-1-one 636961 Click to see 512.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00101-7
3-[3-(2,4-Dihydroxybenzoyl)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-benzofuran-5-yl]-1-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propan-1-one 12085731 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C3=C(O2)C=CC(=C3)CCC(=O)C4=C(C=C(C=C4)O)O)C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5)O)O)O 510.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00101-7
3-[3-(2,4-Dihydroxybenzoyl)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-5-yl]-1-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)propan-1-one 22297484 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2C(C3=C(O2)C=CC(=C3)CCC(=O)C4=C(C=C(C=C4)O)O)C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5)O)O)O 512.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00101-7
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavans / Catechins
Epicatechin 72276 Click to see 290.27 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.41.2.92.14245
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / O-methylated isoflavonoids / 4-O-methylated isoflavonoids / 4-O-methylisoflavones
Irisolone methyl ether 14539329 Click to see 326.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00267-X
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / O-methylated isoflavonoids / 7-O-methylated isoflavonoids / 7-O-methylisoflavones
4',5,7-Trimethoxyisoflavone 136420 Click to see 312.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00267-X
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Isoflavonoids / Pyranoisoflavonoids
(2R)-5,7-dihydroxy-6-[(2R,3S)-7-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxo-2,3-dihydrochromen-3-yl]-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one 162998492 Click to see 526.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00267-X
3-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-5-methoxy-8,8-dimethylpyrano[2,3-h]chromen-4-one 10545788 Click to see 350.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(02)00089-3
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Linear 1,3-diarylpropanoids / Chalcones and dihydrochalcones / 2-Hydroxy-dihydrochalcones
7-hydroxy-3-[(2S,3S)-1-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-oxopropan-2-yl]chromen-4-one 163067772 Click to see COC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C2=CC=C(C=C2)O)C(C3=COC4=C(C3=O)C=CC(=C4)O)C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5)OC)O 538.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.41.2.92.14245
7-Hydroxy-3-[1-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-oxopropan-2-yl]chromen-4-one 163067771 Click to see 538.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.41.2.92.14245
7-Hydroxy-3-[1-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-oxopropan-2-yl]chromen-4-one 162909747 Click to see 524.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.41.2.92.14245
Lophirone A 5488805 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C(C2=CC=C(C=C2)O)C(C3=COC4=C(C3=O)C=CC(=C4)O)C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5)O)O)O 510.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(02)00089-3
https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.41.2.92.14245

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