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Sterculia africana

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID6440035bbb4d6845384157
Scientific name Sterculia africana
Authority (Lour.) Fiori
First published in Agric. Colon. 5(Suppl.): 37 (1911 publ. 1912)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Triphaca africana Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 577 (1790)
Sterculia ipomoeaefolia Garcke Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 130 (1861)
Sterculia triphaca R.Br. Pterocymbium 228 (4 June 1844).
Clompanus africana (Lour.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 77 (1891)
Clompanus arabica Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 78 (1891)
Sterculia guerichii K.Schum. ex Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19(1): 144. 1894 [13 Apr 1894]
Sterculia abyssinica R.Br. Voy. Abyss. [Salt] Append. p. lxiv. 1814 [Sep 1814] , nom. nud.
Sterculia arabica T.Anderson J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): 9 (1860)
Sterculia africana var. socotrana (K.Schum.) Fiori
Sterculia triphaca var. socotrana K.Schum.
Sterculia triphaca var. guerichii K.Schum.

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans afrikasterkastaiing
Arabic برازي إفريقي
Chinese 非洲丽苹婆

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Socotra
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Namibia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000491730
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:825108-1
The Plant List kew-2579940
Open Tree Of Life 6118941
IPNI 825108-1
GBIF 7433829
Tropicos 30401384
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:825091-1
The Plant List kew-2579923
Open Tree Of Life 3942867
NCBI Taxonomy 1237816
IUCN Red List 62754
IPNI 825091-1
iNaturalist 340248
GBIF 7342772
EOL 5418180
USDA GRIN 312987
Wikipedia Sterculia_africana

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Woody Species Composition, Structure, and Status of Regeneration in Pugnido Forest, Gambella Region, Western Ethiopia Masresha G, Melkamu Y, Mulu G Scientifica (Cairo) 04-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11008979
doi:10.1155/2024/3961434
PMID:38605976
Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Sexual Dysfunction, Infertility and Improving Virility in the East African Community: A Systematic Review Kyarimpa C, Nagawa CB, Omara T, Odongo S, Ssebugere P, Lugasi SO, Gumula I Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 12-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10439835
doi:10.1155/2023/6878852
PMID:37600549
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
Ethnomedicinal plants used for treatment of snakebites in Tanzania – a systematic review Mogha NG, Kalokora OJ, Amir HM, Kacholi DS Pharm Biol 07-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9553154
doi:10.1080/13880209.2022.2123942
PMID:36205572
Therapeutic Potentials of Antiviral Plants Used in Traditional African Medicine With COVID-19 in Focus: A Nigerian Perspective Attah AF, Fagbemi AA, Olubiyi O, Dada-Adegbola H, Oluwadotun A, Elujoba A, Babalola CP Front Pharmacol 26-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8108136
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.596855
PMID:33981214
The Impact of Local Agrobiodiversity and Food Interventions on Cost, Nutritional Adequacy, and Affordability of Women and Children's Diet in Northern Kenya: A Modeling Exercise Sarfo J, Keding GB, Boedecker J, Pawelzik E, Termote C Front Nutr 13-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7443573
doi:10.3389/fnut.2020.00129
PMID:32903921
Antiplasmodial and Cytotoxic Activities of Extracts of Selected Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Malaria in Embu County, Kenya Waiganjo B, Moriasi G, Onyancha J, Elias N, Muregi F J Parasitol Res 07-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7364238
doi:10.1155/2020/8871375
PMID:32724666
An Ethnobotanical Survey of a Dryland Botanical Garden and Its Environs in Kenya: The Mutomo Hill Plant Sanctuary Mutie FM, Gao LL, Kathambi V, Rono PC, Musili PM, Ngugi G, Hu GW, Wang QF Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 17-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7103046
doi:10.1155/2020/1543831
PMID:32256635
Carbohydrates, proteins, fats and other essential components of food from native trees in West Africa Lykke AM, Padonou EA Heliyon 22-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6531672
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01744
PMID:31193435
An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal and edible plants of Yalo Woreda in Afar regional state, Ethiopia Teklehaymanot T J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 05-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5499056
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0166-7
PMID:28679438
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Burji District, Segan Area Zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia Ashagre M, Asfaw Z, Kelbessa E J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 02-Aug-2016
PMCID:PMC4971624
doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0103-1
PMID:27485265
Nocturnal activities and host preferences of Phlebotomus orientalis in extra-domestic habitats of Kafta-Humera lowlands, Kala-azar endemic, Northwest Ethiopia Lemma W, Tekie H, Abassi I, Balkew M, Gebre-Michael T, Warburg A, Hailu A Parasit Vectors 17-Dec-2014
PMCID:PMC4279602
doi:10.1186/s13071-014-0594-3
PMID:25515239
Use and management of traditional medicinal plants by Maale and Ari ethnic communities in southern Ethiopia Kidane B, van Andel T, van der Maesen LJ, Asfaw Z J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 04-Jun-2014
PMCID:PMC4055949
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-46
PMID:24898079
Assessing the levels of food shortage using the traffic light metaphor by analyzing the gathering and consumption of wild food plants, crop parts and crop residues in Konso, Ethiopia Ocho DL, Struik PC, Price LL, Kelbessa E, Kolo K J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 07-Aug-2012
PMCID:PMC3502140
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-8-30
PMID:22871123
Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) Borth R, Ivinskis P, Saldaitis A, Yakovlev R Zookeys 11-Aug-2011
PMCID:PMC3187673
doi:10.3897/zookeys.122.1213
PMID:21998527

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