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Hydnora africana

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID64402119ba18a738218394
Scientific name Hydnora africana
Authority Thunb.
First published in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 36: 69 (1775)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Aphyteia africana (Thunb.) Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 801 (1841)
Aphyteia hydnora Ach. Pl. Aphyteia 10. 1776 (1776)
Hydnora acharii Thunb. ex Hook.f. Prodr. 17: 109 (1873)
Hydnora longicollis Welw. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: t. 21. 1869 (1869)

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Language Common/alternative name
Spanish aphyteia acharii
Afrikaans jakkalskos
Arabic نبات هيدنوار افريكانا
Arabic نبات هيدنورا أفريكانا
Hungarian afrikai földikürt
Kazakh Африкалық гиднора
Serbian Афричка хиднора
Tamil ஐத்னோரா ஆப்பிரிகானா
Chinese 非洲白鷺花
Chinese 非洲白鹭花

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Namibia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000726158
Tropicos 15900001
INPN 706394
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316041-1
The Plant List kew-2855561
Open Tree Of Life 1041550
Observations.org 520322
NCBI Taxonomy 50133
IPNI 316041-1
iNaturalist 311268
GBIF 7319908
Freebase /m/04cs2ld
Elurikkus 588102
USDA GRIN 451090
Wikipedia Hydnora_africana

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Medicinal plants used in the management of cancers by residents in the Elgon Sub-Region, Uganda Kudamba A, Kasolo JN, Bbosa GS, Lugaajju A, Wabinga H, Niyonzima N, Ocan M, Damani AM, Kafeero HM, Ssenku JE, Alemu SO, Lubowa M, Walusansa A, Muwonge H BMC Complement Med Ther 12-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10714536
doi:10.1186/s12906-023-04273-5
PMID:38087230
The background assimilation effect: Facial emotional perception is affected by surrounding stimuli Wu Y, Ying H Iperception 29-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10467198
doi:10.1177/20416695231190254
PMID:37654695
Phytochemicals: potential alternative strategy to fight Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Almuzaini AM Front Vet Sci 16-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10228746
doi:10.3389/fvets.2023.1188752
PMID:37261108
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by indigenous knowledge holders to manage healthcare needs in children Ndhlovu PT, Asong JA, Omotayo AO, Otang-Mbeng W, Aremu AO PLoS One 27-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10042359
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282113
PMID:36972257
Structural Plastome Evolution in Holoparasitic Hydnoraceae with Special Focus on Inverted and Direct Repeats Jost M, Naumann J, Bolin JF, Martel C, Rocamundi N, Cocucci AA, Lupton D, Neinhuis C, Wanke S Genome Biol Evol 25-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9168662
doi:10.1093/gbe/evac077
PMID:35660863
A Review of Plant-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Traditional Southern African Medicine Cock I, Mavuso N, Van Vuuren S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8346297
doi:10.1155/2021/7341124
PMID:34367307
Plant Parasites under Pressure: Effects of Abiotic Stress on the Interactions between Parasitic Plants and Their Hosts Zagorchev L, Stöggl W, Teofanova D, Li J, Kranner I Int J Mol Sci 10-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8304456
doi:10.3390/ijms22147418
PMID:34299036
In Silico and In Vitro Screening of Antipathogenic Properties of Melianthus comosus (Vahl) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Baloyi IT, Adeosun IJ, Yusuf AA, Cosa S Antibiotics (Basel) 05-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8230066
doi:10.3390/antibiotics10060679
PMID:34198845
Discordant Phylogenomic Placement of Hydnoraceae and Lactoridaceae Within Piperales Using Data From All Three Genomes Jost M, Samain MS, Marques I, Graham SW, Wanke S Front Plant Sci 12-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8072514
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.642598
PMID:33912209
Understanding the Ethnobotany, Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Distribution of Genus Hydnora (Aristolochiaceae) Mkala EM, Mutungi MM, Mutinda ES, Oulo MA, Wanga VO, Mwachala G, Hu GW Plants (Basel) 05-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8001087
doi:10.3390/plants10030494
PMID:33807757
African Plant-Based Natural Products with Antivirulence Activities to the Rescue of Antibiotics Mahavy CE, Duez P, ElJaziri M, Rasamiravaka T Antibiotics (Basel) 19-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7699609
doi:10.3390/antibiotics9110830
PMID:33228261
Are plants used in the Eastern Cape province for cosmetics fully commercialized? Sagbo IJ, Mbeng WO Indian J Pharmacol 01-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6644182
doi:10.4103/ijp.IJP_262_18
PMID:31391681
Natural Dietary Pigments: Potential Mediators against Hepatic Damage Induced by Over-The-Counter Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory and Analgesic Drugs González-Ponce HA, Rincón-Sánchez AR, Jaramillo-Juárez F, Moshage H Nutrients 24-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5852693
doi:10.3390/nu10020117
PMID:29364842
Time-Dependent Trapping of Pollinators Driven by the Alignment of Floral Phenology with Insect Circadian Rhythms Lau JY, Guo X, Pang CC, Tang CC, Thomas DC, Saunders RM Front Plant Sci 30-Jun-2017
PMCID:PMC5491900
doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.01119
PMID:28713403
Antibacterial activity of crude extracts of some South African medicinal plants against multidrug resistant etiological agents of diarrhoea Bisi-Johnson MA, Obi CL, Samuel BB, Eloff JN, Okoh AI BMC Complement Altern Med 19-Jun-2017
PMCID:PMC5474864
doi:10.1186/s12906-017-1802-4
PMID:28629407

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