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Internal ID UUID644035ef6a576136826105
Scientific name Dovyalis caffra
Authority (Hook.f. & Harv.) Sim
First published in The Forests and Forest Flora of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. 1907

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Aberia caffra Hook.f. & Harv. Fl. Cap. 2(Add.): 584 (1862)
Aberia edulis T.Anderson J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 67 (1863)

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Language Common/alternative name
English d. afra
English umkokola
English kei apple
English kau apple
English kai apple
English kayaba
Afrikaans kei-appel
Arabic رامحة جنوب إفريقية
Arabic رامحة جنوبة أفريقية
Arabic رامحة جنوب أفريقية
German keiapfel
Finnish keltakeiomena
Japanese ケイアップル
Dutch kei-appel
Russian Кафрская слива
Shona mutsvoritsvoto
Chinese 南非醋栗
Chinese 南非锡兰莓

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000925143
USDA Plants DOCA3
INPN 673265
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:111560-1
The Plant List kew-4776111
Open Tree Of Life 270449
Observations.org 508379
NCBI Taxonomy 77055
IUCN Red List 146410559
IPNI 365303-1
iNaturalist 337751
GBIF 2874131
Freebase /m/02rgpt
EPPO DOVCA
EOL 483612
Elurikkus 322873
Calflora (Californian flora) 12440
USDA GRIN 14616
Wikipedia Kei_apple
Plantarium 52575
IPNI 111560-1
USDA GRIN 510292

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_963924115.1 Dovyalis_caffra_ICRAF-04990_whole_genome_sequence Scaffold International Livestock Research Institute 2024-01-21 90 420.23 Mb

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Bimetallic nanoparticle production using Cannabis sativa and Vitis vinifera waste extracts Michailidu J, Miškovská A, Jarošová I, Čejková A, Mat’átková O RSC Adv 09-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10854393
doi:10.1039/d3ra07134k
PMID:38343999
The Characterization and Study of Antibacterial, Free Radical Scavenging, and Anticancer Potential of Livistona chinensis-Mediated Silver Nanoparticles Saleem A, Ali S, Aftab MN, Shami A, Al-Saeed FA, Mustafa B, Paray BA Molecules 25-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10708060
doi:10.3390/molecules28237773
PMID:38067504
Ethnomedicinal Uses, Phytochemistry, and Anticancer Potentials of African Medicinal Fruits: A Comprehensive Review Fakudze NT, Sarbadhikary P, George BP, Abrahamse H Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 08-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10458058
doi:10.3390/ph16081117
PMID:37631032
Impact of Diverse Parameters on the Physicochemical Characteristics of Green-Synthesized Zinc Oxide–Copper Oxide Nanocomposites Derived from an Aqueous Extract of Garcinia mangostana L. Leaf Chan YB, Aminuzzaman M, Tey LH, Win YF, Watanabe A, Djearamame S, Akhtaruzzaman M Materials (Basel) 02-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10419950
doi:10.3390/ma16155421
PMID:37570124
Ethnobotanical study of underutilized wild edible plants and threats to their long-term existence in Midakegn District, West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia Guzo S, Lulekal E, Nemomissa S J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 14-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10347739
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00601-8
PMID:37452368
Metal-Based Nanoparticles in Food Packaging and Coating Technologies: A Review Adeyemi JO, Fawole OA Biomolecules 07-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10377377
doi:10.3390/biom13071092
PMID:37509128
Biogenic Synthesis of Copper Nanoparticles: A Systematic Review of Their Features and Main Applications Luque-Jacobo CM, Cespedes-Loayza AL, Echegaray-Ugarte TS, Cruz-Loayza JL, Cruz I, de Carvalho JC, Goyzueta-Mamani LD Molecules 18-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10301071
doi:10.3390/molecules28124838
PMID:37375393
The potential repositioning of South African underutilised plants for food and nutrition security: A scoping review Shembe PS, Ngobese NZ, Siwela M, Kolanisi U Heliyon 13-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10285247
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17232
PMID:37360088
Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in Soro District of Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia Hankiso M, Warkineh B, Asfaw Z, Debella A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 02-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10236777
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00588-2
PMID:37269005
Morpho-Physiological Evaluation of Solanum betaceum Cav. In Vitro Cloned Plants: A Comparison of Different Micropropagation Methods Correia M, Lopes T, Puga AP, Pinto G, Canhoto J, Correia S Plants (Basel) 05-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10180550
doi:10.3390/plants12091884
PMID:37176943
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
Synthesis, biomedical applications, and toxicity of CuO nanoparticles Naz S, Gul A, Zia M, Javed R Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 13-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9838533
doi:10.1007/s00253-023-12364-z
PMID:36635395
Dietary Phenolic Compounds as Anticancer Natural Drugs: Recent Update on Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Trials Bakrim S, El Omari N, El Hachlafi N, Bakri Y, Lee LH, Bouyahya A Foods 23-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9657352
doi:10.3390/foods11213323
PMID:36359936
Chemical and antioxidant characterization of Dovyalis caffra and Dovyalis abyssinica fruits in Kenya Waweru DM, Arimi JM, Marete E, Jacquier JC, Harbourne N Heliyon 12-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9586898
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11064
PMID:36281380
A Review of the Green Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles Utilising Southern African Indigenous Medicinal Plants Mutukwa D, Taziwa R, Khotseng LE Nanomaterials (Basel) 03-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9565575
doi:10.3390/nano12193456
PMID:36234584

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