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Drypetes gerrardii

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
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Internal ID UUID644038d875cff314953022
Scientific name Drypetes gerrardii
Authority Hutch.
First published in Fl. Cap. 5(2): 405 (1920)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Drypetes subdentata Mildbr. Siebenl. Forstw. Deutsch. Ostafr. : 93 (1914)

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Language Common/alternative name
English forest ironplum
English bastard white ironwood
English forest ironwood
Afrikaans bosysterpruim
ss umhlwakele
xh umhlakela
xh idwesa
Zulu umhlwakela
Zulu isikhumphuphu

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Drypetes gerrardii var. angustifolia Radcl.-Sm. Kew Bull. 47(4): 678. 1992 [24 Nov 1992]
Drypetes gerrardii var. gerrardii Unknown
Drypetes gerrardii var. grandifolia Radcl.-Sm. Kew Bull. 32(2): 476. 1978 [28 Mar 1978]
Drypetes gerrardii var. tomentosa Radcl.-Sm. Kew Bull. 32(2): 477. 1978 [28 Mar 1978]

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Congo
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000946481
Tropicos 12802872
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:345035-1
The Plant List kew-64871
Open Tree Of Life 549426
NCBI Taxonomy 992685
IUCN Red List 146310761
IPNI 345035-1
iNaturalist 132959
GBIF 3075865
EOL 1145784
Wikipedia Drypetes_gerrardii

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Scientific Literature Top

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Potential of medicinal plants as antimalarial agents: a review of work done at Kenya Medical Research Institute Irungu B, Okari E, Nyangi M, Njeru S, Koech L Front Pharmacol 20-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10623325
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1268924
PMID:37927601
Tree species composition along environmental and disturbance gradients in tropical sub-montane forests, Tanzania Lolila NJ, Shirima DD, Mauya EW PLoS One 08-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC9994703
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282528
PMID:36888683
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
The anti‐Trypanosoma activities of medicinal plants: A systematic review of the literature Nekoei S, Khamesipour F, Habtemariam S, de Souza W, Mohammadi Pour P, Hosseini SR Vet Med Sci 29-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9677405
doi:10.1002/vms3.912
PMID:36037401
Local Geomorphological Gradients and Land Use Patterns Play Key Role on the Soil Bacterial Community Diversity and Dynamics in the Highly Endemic Indigenous Afrotemperate Coastal Scarp Forest Biome Ogola HJ, Selvarajan R, Tekere M Front Microbiol 24-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7943610
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.592725
PMID:33716998
Conservation of Wild Food Plants and Their Potential for Combatting Food Insecurity in Kenya as Exemplified by the Drylands of Kitui County Mutie FM, Rono PC, Kathambi V, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 12-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7464302
doi:10.3390/plants9081017
PMID:32806636
More widespread alien tree species do not have larger impacts on regeneration of native tree species in a tropical forest reserve Kiswaga SA, Mbwambo JR, Shirima D, Mndolwa AS, Schaffner U, Eschen R Ecol Evol 12-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7297787
doi:10.1002/ece3.6256
PMID:32551079
Antiplasmodial natural products: an update Tajuddeen N, Van Heerden FR Malar J 05-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6896759
doi:10.1186/s12936-019-3026-1
PMID:31805944
On the hunt for the alternate host of Hemileia vastatrix Koutouleas A, Jørgen Lyngs Jørgensen H, Jensen B, Lillesø JB, Junge A, Ræbild A Ecol Evol 23-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6912922
doi:10.1002/ece3.5755
PMID:31871671
Harvesting fodder trees in montane forests in Kenya: species, techniques used and impacts Cuni-Sanchez A, Pfeifer M, Marchant R, Pompeu PV, Burgess ND New For (Dordr) 24-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC6043911
doi:10.1007/s11056-018-9632-x
PMID:30069075
A Review on the Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Pharmacokinetics of Amentoflavone, a Naturally-Occurring Biflavonoid Yu S, Yan H, Zhang L, Shan M, Chen P, Ding A, Li SF Molecules 16-Feb-2017
PMCID:PMC6155574
doi:10.3390/molecules22020299
PMID:28212342
Correction: Chimpanzees Preferentially Select Sleeping Platform Construction Tree Species with Biomechanical Properties that Yield Stable, Firm, but Compliant Nests N/A PLoS One 24-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4110046
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104024
Chimpanzees Preferentially Select Sleeping Platform Construction Tree Species with Biomechanical Properties that Yield Stable, Firm, but Compliant Nests Samson DR, Hunt KD PLoS One 16-Apr-2014
PMCID:PMC3989313
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095361
PMID:24740283

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