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Kirkia acuminata

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID643ff3b7b60c1634007749
Scientific name Kirkia acuminata
Authority Oliv.
First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 311 (1868)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Kirkia glauca Engl. & Gilg Kunene-Sambesi Exped. : 270 (1903)
Kirkia acuminata var. pubescens Bremek.
Kirkia pubescens Burtt Davy Man. Pl. Transvaal 1: 45 (1926)
Kirkia acuminata var. cordata De Wild.

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Language Common/alternative name
English witsering
Afrikaans witsering
Finnish valkovesipuu

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000357048
Tropicos 29400125
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:813789-1
The Plant List kew-2335061
Open Tree Of Life 666669
NCBI Taxonomy 992719
IUCN Red List 146205655
IPNI 813789-1
iNaturalist 186271
GBIF 5555218
EPPO KIKAC
USDA GRIN 21165

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Medicinal plants used for the management of respiratory diseases in Zimbabwe: Review and perspectives potential management of COVID-19 Nyagumbo E, Pote W, Shopo B, Nyirenda T, Chagonda I, Mapaya RJ, Maunganidze F, Mavengere WN, Mawere C, Mutasa I, Kademeteme E, Maroyi A, Taderera T, Bhebhe M Phys Chem Earth (2002) 21-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9489988
doi:10.1016/j.pce.2022.103232
PMID:36161239
Crude extracts activity of three selected medicinal plants from the Venda region against some pathogenic organisms Mabadahanye K, Bhembe NL, Green E Afr Health Sci 01-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9652633
doi:10.4314/ahs.v22i2.81
PMID:36407375
First Phylogeny of Bitterbush Family, Picramniaceae (Picramniales) Shipunov A, Carr S, Furniss S, Pay K, Pirani JR Plants (Basel) 21-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7076446
doi:10.3390/plants9020284
PMID:32098193
Vegetation state changes in the course of shrub encroachment in an African savanna since about 1850 CE and their potential drivers Tabares X, Zimmermann H, Dietze E, Ratzmann G, Belz L, Vieth‐Hillebrand A, Dupont L, Wilkes H, Mapani B, Herzschuh U Ecol Evol 30-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6988543
doi:10.1002/ece3.5955
PMID:32015858
Effect of Soil Type and Foliar Factors on the Distribution of Imbrasia belina in the Southeastern Lowveld of Zimbabwe Mufandaedza E, Moyo DZ, Makoni P Scientifica (Cairo) 01-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6188854
doi:10.1155/2018/9273184
PMID:30364086
Ethnobotanical knowledge of the lay people of Blouberg area (Pedi tribe), Limpopo Province, South Africa Mongalo NI, Makhafola TJ J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 13-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6044033
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0245-4
PMID:30001728
KIRKIA ACUMINATA OLIV.: A REVIEW OF ITS ETHNOBOTANY AND PHARMACOLOGY Maroyi A Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 13-Jan-2017
PMCID:PMC5446446
doi:10.21010/ajtcam.v14i2.23
PMID:28573238
Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used in the Management of HIV/AIDS-Related Diseases in Livingstone, Southern Province, Zambia Chinsembu KC Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 16-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4812351
doi:10.1155/2016/4238625
PMID:27069489
Effect of Tannin and Species Variation on In vitro Digestibility, Gas, and Methane Production of Tropical Browse Plants Gemeda BS, Hassen A Asian-Australas J Anim Sci 01-Feb-2015
PMCID:PMC4283163
doi:10.5713/ajas.14.0325
PMID:25557814
Traditional use of medicinal plants in south-central Zimbabwe: review and perspectives Maroyi A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 04-May-2013
PMCID:PMC3653698
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-31
PMID:23642285
Antimycobacterial Evaluation of Fifteen Medicinal Plants in South Africa Mmushi T, Masoko P, Mdee L, Mokgotho M, Mampuru L, Howard R Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 15-Oct-2009
PMCID:PMC3005379
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v7i1.57230
PMID:21304610
Phytoliths in woody plants from the Miombo woodlands of Mozambique Mercader J, Bennett T, Esselmont C, Simpson S, Walde D Ann Bot 09-May-2009
PMCID:PMC2706725
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp097
PMID:19429923
Nuclear DNA Amounts in Angiosperms: Progress, Problems and Prospects BENNETT MD, LEITCH IJ Ann Bot 01-Jan-2005
PMCID:PMC4246708
doi:10.1093/aob/mci003
PMID:15596457

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