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Ficus polita

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Scientific Literature
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID64404967ec505638834721
Scientific name Ficus polita
Authority Vahl
First published in Enum. Pl. 2: 182 (1805)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Urostigma politum Miq. London J. Bot. 6: 553 (1847)
Ficus megapoda Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 444 (1885)
Ficus niamniamensis Warb. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 6, 1: 14 (1904)
Ficus podophylla Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 444 (1885)

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Language Common/alternative name
Bambara foloka
dag gampilinyaŋ

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Name Authority First published in
Ficus polita subsp. brevipedunculata C.C.Berg Kew Bull. 43: 93 (1988)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001084781
Tropicos 21300852
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853439-1
The Plant List tro-21300852
Open Tree Of Life 798469
Observations.org 341931
NCBI Taxonomy 378027
IUCN Red List 153929084
IPNI 853439-1
iNaturalist 448187
GBIF 5569755
Freebase /m/012z6p_s
Elurikkus 546318
Wikipedia Ficus_polita

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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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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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Amphidinium spp. as a Source of Antimicrobial, Antifungal, and Anticancer Compounds Orefice I, Balzano S, Romano G, Sardo A Life (Basel) 04-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10671881
doi:10.3390/life13112164
PMID:38004303
Citizens and urban greening: Do Bobo Dioulasso dwellers participate in greenhouse gas mitigation through urban forestry and greening? Derra H, Traoré SA, Kaboré GE Heliyon 26-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10632691
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21181
PMID:37954380
Emerging evidence on Monkeypox: resurgence, global burden, molecular insights, genomics and possible management Sharma R, Chen KT, Sharma R Front Cell Infect Microbiol 19-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10154632
doi:10.3389/fcimb.2023.1134712
PMID:37153147
VP37 Protein Inhibitors for Mpox Treatment: Highlights on Recent Advances, Patent Literature, and Future Directions Hudu SA, Alshrari AS, Al Qtaitat A, Imran M Biomedicines 06-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10135999
doi:10.3390/biomedicines11041106
PMID:37189724
Indigenous knowledge system associated with the uses of insects for therapeutic or medicinal purposes in two main provinces of Burkina Faso, West Africa Ouango M, Romba R, Drabo SF, Ouedraogo N, Gnankiné O J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 05-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9254572
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00547-3
PMID:35790988
West African medicinal plants and their constituent compounds as treatments for viral infections, including SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Popoola TD, Segun PA, Ekuadzi E, Dickson RA, Awotona OR, Nahar L, Sarker SD, Fatokun AA Daru 27-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9043090
doi:10.1007/s40199-022-00437-9
PMID:35476297
Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Flora Used for Medicinal Purposes among Indigenous People in Five Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria Lawal IO, Rafiu BO, Ale JE, Majebi OE, Aremu AO Plants (Basel) 25-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8912796
doi:10.3390/plants11050633
PMID:35270103
Traditional medicinal plants used for treating emerging and re-emerging viral diseases in northern Nigeria Abubakar IB, Kankara SS, Malami I, Danjuma JB, Muhammad YZ, Yahaya H, Singh D, Usman UJ, Ukwuani-Kwaja AN, Muhammad A, Ahmed SJ, Folami SO, Falana MB, Nurudeen QO Eur J Integr Med 27-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC9760313
doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2021.102094
PMID:36573184
Integration of medicinal plants into the traditional system of medicine for the treatment of cancer in Sokoto State, Nigeria Malami I, Jagaba NM, Abubakar IB, Muhammad A, Alhassan AM, Waziri PM, Yakubu Yahaya IZ, Mshelia HE, Mathias SN Heliyon 02-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7479351
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04830
PMID:32939417
A possible case of renal oxalate deposit reported in an African fruit bat (Epomops franqueti) Aina OO, Olude MA, Olopade FE, Balkema-Buschmann A, Groschup MH, Ulrich R, Olopade JO Int J Vet Sci Med 19-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7476550
doi:10.1080/23144599.2020.1807816
PMID:32953876
Stilbenoids: A Natural Arsenal against Bacterial Pathogens Mattio LM, Catinella G, Dallavalle S, Pinto A Antibiotics (Basel) 18-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7345618
doi:10.3390/antibiotics9060336
PMID:32570824
Hibiscus Acid and Chromatographic Fractions from Hibiscus Sabdariffa Calyces: Antimicrobial Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogenic Bacteria Portillo-Torres LA, Bernardino-Nicanor A, Gómez-Aldapa CA, González-Montiel S, Rangel-Vargas E, Villagómez-Ibarra JR, González-Cruz L, Cortés-López H, Castro-Rosas J Antibiotics (Basel) 11-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6963829
doi:10.3390/antibiotics8040218
PMID:31718033
In vivo digestibility of six selected fodder species by goats in northern Ghana Avornyo FK, Partey ST, Zougmore RB, Asare S, Agbolosu AA, Akufo NM, Sowah NA, Konlan SP Trop Anim Health Prod 13-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC7040051
doi:10.1007/s11250-019-01989-w
PMID:31302835
Browse silage as potential feed for captive wild ungulates in southern Africa: A review Mbatha KR, Bakare AG Anim Nutr 06-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC6112349
doi:10.1016/j.aninu.2017.12.003
PMID:30167478
In Vitro Pro-apoptotic and Anti-migratory Effects of Ficus deltoidea L. Plant Extracts on the Human Prostate Cancer Cell Lines PC3 Hanafi MM, Afzan A, Yaakob H, Aziz R, Sarmidi MR, Wolfender JL, Prieto JM Front Pharmacol 12-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC5736988
doi:10.3389/fphar.2017.00895
PMID:29326585

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Betulinic Acid 64971 Click to see 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.3998/ARK.5550190.0011.227
Lup-20(29)-en-28-oic acid, 3beta-hydroxy- 2371 Click to see 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.3998/ARK.5550190.0011.227
Lup-20(29)-en-3-ol, (3beta)- 521518 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.3998/ARK.5550190.0011.227
Lupeol 259846 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.3998/ARK.5550190.0011.227
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Sphingolipids / Glycosphingolipids
(Z,2R)-2-hydroxy-N-[(2S,3S,4R,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-1-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxynonacosan-2-yl]pentadec-9-enamide 163098886 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(C(C(C(COC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)NC(=O)C(CCCCCCC=CCCCCC)O)O)O)O 888.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.3998/ARK.5550190.0011.227
2-hydroxy-N-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-1-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxynonacosan-2-yl]pentadec-9-enamide 163098885 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(C(C(C(COC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)NC(=O)C(CCCCCCC=CCCCCC)O)O)O)O 888.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.3998/ARK.5550190.0011.227
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylhept-3-en-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 122544 Click to see 412.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.3998/ARK.5550190.0011.227
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/10.3998/ARK.5550190.0011.227
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/10.3998/ARK.5550190.0011.227
Stigmasterol 5280794 Click to see 412.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.3998/ARK.5550190.0011.227

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