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Internal ID UUID64401cafaca23822592176
Scientific name Ficus umbellata
Authority Vahl
First published in Enum. Pl. 2: 182 (1805)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ficus megalodisca Warb. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 6, 1: 2 (1904)
Ficus tuberculosa Welw. ex Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. (Hiern) 1(4): 999. 1900

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Language Common/alternative name
Japanese ウンベラータ
Japanese フィカス・ウンベラータ
Chinese 爱心榕
Chinese 愛心榕

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  • Africa
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000690742
Tropicos 50080630
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853903-1
The Plant List kew-2812694
Open Tree Of Life 224176
NCBI Taxonomy 378038
IUCN Red List 143277325
IPNI 853903-1
iNaturalist 1116086
GBIF 5571957
EOL 11901368
USDA GRIN 312368

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Updating Chimpanzee Nesting Data at Mount Assirik (Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal): Implications for Conservation Ndiaye YH, Ndiaye PI, Lindshield SM, Pruetz JD Animals (Basel) 07-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10886333
doi:10.3390/ani14040553
PMID:38396522
Duguetia confinis Engl. & Diels (Annonaceae) inhibitory and cytotoxic effects on breast adenocarcinoma growth both in vitro and in vivo Nkuimi OB, Silihe KK, Tabi YO, Ngo Pambe JC, Njamen D, Zingue S Heliyon 24-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10839804
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24410
PMID:38317996
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
Aqueous Extract of Dacryodes edulis (Burseraceae) Leaves Inhibited Tumor Growth in Female Wistar Rats with 7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-Induced Breast Cancer Mvondo MA, Wego Kamgaing MT, Wansi Ngnokam SL Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8346320
doi:10.1155/2021/9960950
PMID:34367310
Ethnoveterinary knowledge of sheep and goat farmers in Benin (West Africa): effect of socioeconomic and environmental factors Tchetan E, Olounlade AP, Houehanou TD, Azando EV, Kaneho JA, Houinato MR, Hounzangbe-Adote SM, Quetin-Leclercq J, Gbaguidi FA Heliyon 24-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8339241
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07656
PMID:34381905
Effects of Ficus umbellata (Moraceae) Aqueous Extract and 7-Methoxycoumarin on Scopolamine-Induced Spatial Memory Impairment in Ovariectomized Wistar Rats Zingue S, Foyet HS, Djiogue S, Ezo'o Ezo'o Y, Abaïssou HH, Fachagbo P, Njamen D Behav Neurol 30-Sep-2018
PMCID:PMC6186347
doi:10.1155/2018/5751864
PMID:30363978
Editorial—Special Issue “Nutraceuticals in Human Health and Disease” Estevinho LM Int J Mol Sci 17-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC5979606
doi:10.3390/ijms19041213
PMID:29673136
Traditional ecological knowledge-based assessment of threatened woody species and their potential substitutes in the Atakora mountain chain, a threatened hotspot of biodiversity in Northwestern Benin, West Africa Agbani PO, Kafoutchoni KM, Salako KV, Gbedomon RC, Kégbé AM, Karen H, Sinsin B J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 20-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5859633
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0219-6
PMID:29558963
Estrogen-like and tissue-selective effects of 7-methoxycoumarin from Ficus umbellata (Moraceae): an in vitro and in vivo study Zingue S, Michel T, Nde CB, Njuh AN, Cisilotto J, Ndinteh DT, Clyne C, Fernandez X, Creczynski-Pasa TB, Njamen D BMC Complement Altern Med 02-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5541738
doi:10.1186/s12906-017-1895-9
PMID:28768532
Ficus umbellata Vahl. (Moraceae) Stem Bark Extracts Exert Antitumor Activities In Vitro and In Vivo Silihe KK, Zingue S, Winter E, Awounfack CF, Bishayee A, Desai NN, João Mello L Jr, Michel T, Tankeu FN, Ndinteh DT, Honorine Riwom S, Njamen D, Creczynski-Pasa TB Int J Mol Sci 23-May-2017
PMCID:PMC5485928
doi:10.3390/ijms18061073
PMID:28545243
Comparative Medical Ethnobotany of the Senegalese Community Living in Turin (Northwestern Italy) and in Adeane (Southern Senegal) Ellena R, Quave CL, Pieroni A Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 18-Jun-2012
PMCID:PMC3385048
doi:10.1155/2012/604363
PMID:22761638
Small ruminant feed systems: perceptions and practices in the transitional zone of Ghana Duku S, van der Zijpp AJ, Howard P J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 19-Mar-2010
PMCID:PMC3224954
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-6-11
PMID:20298617

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