Ximenia americana in Genus Ximenia

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Internal ID	UUID643ffb9e2c458016851425
Scientific name	Ximenia americana
Authority	L.
First published in	Sp. Pl. : 1193 (1753)

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Ximenia exarmata	F.Muell.	Trans. & Proc. Philos. Inst. Victoria 3: 22 (1859)
Ximenia arborescens	Tussac ex Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 377 (1842)
Ximenia subscandens	Griff.	Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 691 (1854)
Ximenia oblonga	Lam. ex Hemsl.	Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 185 (1879)
Ximenia multiflora	Jacq.	Enum. Syst. Pl. : 19 (1760)
Ximenia montana	Macfad.	Fl. Jamaica 1: 121 (1837)
Ximenia inermis	L.	Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 497 (1762)
Ziziphus littorea	Teijsm. ex Hassk.	Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 9: 176 (1866)
Heymassoli spinosa	Aubl.	Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 324 (1775)
Ximenia aculeata	Crantz	Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 381 (1766)
Ximenia elliptica	G.Forst.	Fl. Ins. Austr. : 27 (1786)
Ximenia fluminensis	M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 22 (1846)
Ximenia laurina	Delile	Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 20: 89 (1843)
Ximenia loranthifolia	Span.	Linnaea 15: 177 (1841)
Ximenia rogersii	Burtt Davy	Man. Pl. Transvaal 2: 454 (1932)
Amyris arborescens	P.Browne	Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 209 1756
Heymassoli inermis	Aubl.	Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 324 (1775)
Ximenia americana var. ovata	DC.	Prodr. 1: 533 (1824)
Ximenia verrucosa	M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 23 (1846)
Ximenia americana f. inermis	(Aubl.) Engl.	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12(2): 9. 1872 [1 Dec 1872]
Ximenia americana var. oblonga	DC.	Prodr. 1: 533 (1824)
Ximenia americana var. argentinensis	DeFilipps	Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci. 62: 351 (1969)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	tallow wood
Amharic	እንኮይ
Bambara	ntɔnkɛ
Czech	ximenie americká
dag	liliŋga
Persian	زیمنیا امریکنا
Fulah	saɓɓulere
Finnish	luumupapinmarja
Hausa	tsada
Malay	bedara laut
Portuguese	sândalo do brasil
Portuguese	ximénia
Portuguese	omupeke
Portuguese	mepeque
Portuguese	mepeke
Portuguese	limão-bravo-do-brejo
Portuguese	limão bravo do brejo
Portuguese	espinheiro de ameixa
Portuguese	ameixeira do brasil
Portuguese	ameixa do mato
Portuguese	ameixa da terra
Russian	Ксимения американская
Thai	พุทราทะเล
Chinese	西门木
Chinese	山梅树
Chinese	海檀木

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Name	Authority	First published in
Ximenia americana var. microphylla	Welw.

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Africa click to expand
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya
  - Tanzania
  - Uganda
- Macaronesia
  - Cape Verde
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad
  - Djibouti
  - Eritrea
  - Ethiopia
  - Somalia
  - Sudan
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola
  - Malawi
  - Mozambique
  - Zambia
  - Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana
  - Caprivi Strip
  - Kwazulu-Natal
  - Namibia
  - Northern Provinces
  - Swaziland
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin
  - Burkina
  - Gambia
  - Ghana
  - Guinea
  - Guinea-Bissau
  - Ivory Coast
  - Liberia
  - Mali
  - Niger
  - Nigeria
  - Senegal
  - Sierra Leone
  - Togo
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Congo
  - Gabon
  - Gulf Of Guinea Islands
  - Zaïre
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Chagos Archipelago

Asia-temperate click to expand
- China
  - Hainan

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Bangladesh
  - India
  - Sri Lanka
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands
  - Myanmar
  - Nicobar Nicobar
  - Thailand
  - Vietnam
- Malesia
  - Borneo
  - Christmas Island
  - Cocos (keeling) Islands
  - Jawa
  - Lesser Sunda Islands
  - Malaya
  - Maluku
  - Philippines
  - Sulawesi
  - Sumatera
- Papuasia
  - Bismarck Archipelago
  - New Guinea
  - Solomon Islands

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - Queensland

Northern America click to expand
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central
  - Mexico Gulf
  - Mexico Northeast
  - Mexico Southeast
  - Mexico Southwest
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida

Pacific click to expand
- Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands
  - Marianas
  - Marshall Islands
- South-central Pacific
  - Cook Islands
  - Line Islands
  - Society Islands
  - Tuamotu
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji
  - New Caledonia
  - Niue
  - Samoa
  - Tokelau-manihiki
  - Tonga
  - Tuvalu
  - Vanuatu
  - Wallis-Futuna Islands

Southern America click to expand
- Brazil
  - Brazil North
  - Brazil Northeast
  - Brazil South
  - Brazil Southeast
  - Brazil West-central
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas
  - Cayman Islands
  - Cuba
  - Dominican Republic
  - Haiti
  - Jamaica
  - Leeward Islands
  - Netherlands Antilles
  - Puerto Rico
  - Trinidad-Tobago
  - Turks-caicos Islands
  - Venezuelan Antilles
  - Windward Islands
- Central America
  - Belize
  - Costa Rica
  - El Salvador
  - Guatemala
  - Honduras
  - Nicaragua
  - Panamá
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana
  - Guyana
  - Suriname
  - Venezuela
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast
  - Argentina Northwest
  - Paraguay
- Western South America
  - Bolivia
  - Colombia
  - Ecuador

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000428247
Florida Plant Atlas	2127
USDA Plants	XIAM
Tropicos	22900001
INPN	447422
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316341-2
The Plant List	kew-2467228
Open Tree Of Life	1015539
Observations.org	198969
NCBI Taxonomy	50174
Nature Serve	2.157254
IUCN Red List	146188276
IPNI	316341-2
iNaturalist	83832
iNaturalist	243419
GBIF	2889811
Freebase	/m/04f393c
EPPO	XIMAM
EOL	582703
Elurikkus	325428
USDA GRIN	42110
Wikipedia	Ximenia_americana

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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Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia

Zemede J, Mekuria T, Ochieng CO, Onjalalaina GE, Hu GW

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

28-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10900619
doi:	10.1186/s13002-024-00666-z
PMID:	38419092

The influence of exotic and native plants on illnesses with physical and spiritual causes in the semiarid region of Piauí, Northeast of Brazil

da Silva PH, Ferreira Júnior WS, Zank S, do Nascimento AL, de Abreu MC

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

26-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10895823
doi:	10.1186/s13002-024-00667-y
PMID:	38409039

An ethnobotanical study of wild edible fruits in miombo woodlands of Tabora region in Western Tanzania

Mgalula ME

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

25-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10895781
doi:	10.1186/s13002-024-00668-x
PMID:	38403583

Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants and their utilization by the people of Soro District, Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia

Hankiso M, Asfaw Z, Warkineh B, Abebe A, Sisay B, Debella A

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

22-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10885532
doi:	10.1186/s13002-024-00651-6
PMID:	38389077

Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants in Melit area (North Darfur), Western Sudan

Muhakr MA, Ahmed IM, El hassan GO, Yagi S

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

03-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10765873
doi:	10.1186/s13002-023-00646-9
PMID:	38172804

Molecular mechanisms of pain in acute pancreatitis: recent basic research advances and therapeutic implications

Wu Y, Han C, Luo R, Cai W, Xia Q, Jiang R, Ferdek PE, Liu T, Huang W

Front Mol Neurosci

22-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10771850
doi:	10.3389/fnmol.2023.1331438
PMID:	38188196

Mainstreaming traditional fruits, vegetables and pulses for nutrition, income, and sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa: the case for Kenya and Ethiopia

Ngigi PB, Termote C, Pallet D, Amiot MJ

Front Nutr

07-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10749635
doi:	10.3389/fnut.2023.1197703
PMID:	38146328

Determinants of plant community along environmental gradients in Geramo forest, the western escarpment of the rift valley of Ethiopia

Getaneh ZA, Demissew S, Woldu Z, Aynekulu E

PLoS One

27-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10681247
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0294324
PMID:	38011089

Medicinal plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda - a cultural crossroads

Masters ET

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

27-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10605377
doi:	10.1186/s13002-023-00620-5
PMID:	37884931

Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used against Human Diseases in Zuway Dugda District, Ethiopia

Megersa M, Nedi T, Belachew S

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med

18-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10599937
doi:	10.1155/2023/5545294
PMID:	37886427

Plant parentage influences the type of timber use by traditional peoples of the Brazilian Caatinga

Pedrosa KM, Ramos MB, La Torre-Cuadros MD, Lopes SD

PLoS One

17-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10581497
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0286434
PMID:	37847702

Potential of Selected African Medicinal Plants as Alternative Therapeutics against Multi-Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Moiketsi BN, Makale KP, Rantong G, Rahube TO, Makhzoum A

Biomedicines

22-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10604549
doi:	10.3390/biomedicines11102605
PMID:	37892979

Dermato-cosmeceutical properties of Pseudobombax ellipticum (Kunth) Dugand: Chemical profiling, in vitro and in silico studies

Fikry E, Mahdi I, Buğra Ortaakarsu A, Tawfeek N, Adhiambo Ochieng M, Ben Bakrim W, AO Abdelfattah M, Omari KW, Mahmoud MF, Sobeh M

Saudi Pharm J

01-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10511495
doi:	10.1016/j.jsps.2023.101778
PMID:	37746045

Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia

Dagne Y, Birhanu L

BMC Ecol Evol

28-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10463663
doi:	10.1186/s12862-023-02154-6
PMID:	37635212

Evaluation of How Methacrylate Gelatin Hydrogel Loaded with Ximenia americana L. Extract (Steam Bark) Effects Bone Repair Activity Using Rats as Models

Leal SS, Gusmão GO, Uchôa VT, Figueiredo-Silva J, Pinto LS, Tim CR, Assis L, Maia-Filho AL, de Oliveira RA, Lobo AO, Pavinatto A

J Funct Biomater

23-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10531560
doi:	10.3390/jfb14090438
PMID:	37754851

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
(10Z,14E,16E)-10,14,16-Octadecatrien-12-ynoic acid	10731060	Click to see CC=CC=CC#CC=CCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	274.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF990550K
5-Octadecynoic acid	5312694	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCC#CCCCC(=O)O	280.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF990550K
6-Octadecynoic acid	235711	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCC#CCCCCC(=O)O	280.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF990550K
Octadeca-10,14,16-trien-12-ynoic acid	85248526	Click to see CC=CC=CC#CC=CCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	274.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF990550K
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Very long-chain fatty acids
21-Triacontaenoic acid	54252776	Click to see CCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	450.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/LIPI.19390461202
Hexacos-17-enoic acid	54280271	Click to see CCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	394.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/LIPI.19390461202
Hexacosanoic acid	10469	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	396.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/LIPI.19390461202
Lumequeic acid	5282777	Click to see CCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	450.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/LIPI.19390461202
Ximenic acid	5282775	Click to see CCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O	394.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/LIPI.19390461202
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Beta-Amyrin	73145	Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C)C	426.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1076/PHBI.38.5.391.5972
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(1R,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-1,13-dimethyl-2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one	163042477	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3C(CC(=O)C4)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200800289
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-1,13-dimethyl-2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one	163042476	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3C(CC(=O)C4)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200800289
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids
(4aR,9aR)-1,1-dimethyl-4-methylidene-3,4a,5,8,9,9a-hexahydro-2H-benzo[7]annulene-7-carboxylic acid	25195302	Click to see CC1(CCC(=C)C2C1CCC(=CC2)C(=O)O)C	234.33	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200800289
1,1-dimethyl-4-methylidene-3,4a,5,8,9,9a-hexahydro-2H-benzo[7]annulene-7-carboxylic acid	74405834	Click to see CC1(CCC(=C)C2C1CCC(=CC2)C(=O)O)C	234.33	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200800289

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Ximenia americana

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Description Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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