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Turraea nilotica

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643ffeb01e0f3351987689
Scientific name Turraea nilotica
Authority Kotschy & Peyr.
First published in Pl. Tinn. : 12 (1867)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
No industrial, commercial, or craft products are documented for Turraea nilotica.

Industrial and craft applications:
No documented applications.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No food or beverage uses are recorded.

Colorants and tanning:
No tannin or dye applications are documented.

Wood and fiber:
No commercial timber, fiber, or pulp uses are reported.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No fragrance or cosmetic uses are documented.

Properties relevant to use:
No data on physical or chemical properties relevant to product use are recorded.

Standards and regulation:
No standards or regulatory frameworks applicable to products from this species are identified.

Sustainability and sourcing:
No conservation, forestry, or harvesting records are documented for this taxon.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Turraea tubulifera C.DC. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 10: 133 (1907)
Turraea randii Baker f. J. Bot. 37: 427 (1899)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English lowveld honeysuckle tree
Afrikaans laeveldkanferfoelieboom

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Legend for the distribution data:
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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000455689
Tropicos 20400479
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:579805-1
The Plant List kew-2515388
Open Tree Of Life 504278
NCBI Taxonomy 992803
IUCN Red List 146207941
IPNI 579805-1
iNaturalist 340092
GBIF 3852889
CMAUP NPO24689

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
Woody Species Composition, Structure, and Status of Regeneration in Pugnido Forest, Gambella Region, Western Ethiopia Masresha G, Melkamu Y, Mulu G Scientifica (Cairo) 04-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11008979
doi:10.1155/2024/3961434
PMID:38605976
Potential of medicinal plants as antimalarial agents: a review of work done at Kenya Medical Research Institute Irungu B, Okari E, Nyangi M, Njeru S, Koech L Front Pharmacol 20-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10623325
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1268924
PMID:37927601
Insecticidal Activities and GC-MS Analysis of the Selected Family Members of Meliaceae Used Traditionally as Insecticides Shilaluke KC, Moteetee AN Plants (Basel) 10-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9698003
doi:10.3390/plants11223046
PMID:36432774
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
The Ethnobotany and Chemistry of South African Meliaceae: A Review Oyedeji-Amusa MO, Sadgrove NJ, Van Wyk BE Plants (Basel) 28-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8466584
doi:10.3390/plants10091796
PMID:34579329
The potential of anti-malarial compounds derived from African medicinal plants: a review of pharmacological evaluations from 2013 to 2019 Bekono BD, Ntie-Kang F, Onguéné PA, Lifongo LL, Sippl W, Fester K, Owono LC Malar J 18-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7236213
doi:10.1186/s12936-020-03231-7
PMID:32423415
Molecular Farming in Artemisia annua, a Promising Approach to Improve Anti-malarial Drug Production Pulice G, Pelaz S, Matías-Hernández L Front Plant Sci 18-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4796020
doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.00329
PMID:27047510
Antiplasmodial and cytotoxic activities of the constituents of Turraea robusta and Turraea nilotica Irungu BN, Adipo N, Orwa JA, Kimani F, Heydenreich M, Midiwo JO, Martin Björemark P, Håkansson M, Yenesew A, Erdélyi M J Ethnopharmacol 04-Nov-2015
PMCID:PMC4642656
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2015.08.039
PMID:26320684
Traditional uses of plants in a rural community of Mozambique and possible links with Miombo degradation and harvesting sustainability Bruschi P, Mancini M, Mattioli E, Morganti M, Signorini MA J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 23-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4112836
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-59
PMID:25056487
An Insect Antifeedant Limonoid from Turraea nilotica Michael D. Bentley, Geoffrey O. Adul, A. Randall Alford, Fu-Yung Huang, Leslie Gelbaum, Ahmed Hassanali American Chemical Society (ACS) 17-Mar-2005
doi:10.1021/NP50119A015
Protolimonoids from Turraea nilotica Dulcie A. Mulholland, David A.H. Taylor Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/0031-9422(88)80312-1
Screening of plants used in Argentine folk medicine for antimicrobial activity. Anesini C, Perez C J Ethnopharmacol 01-Jun-1993
doi:10.1016/0378-8741(93)90027-3
PMID:8412245
Lariciresinol derivatives from Turrea nilotica and Monechma ciliatum. Ayoub SM, Kingston DG J Nat Prod 01-Sep-1984
doi:10.1021/NP50035A023
PMID:6512538

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Furanoid lignans / Tetrahydrofuran lignans / 7,9-epoxylignans
4-[[5-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)-4-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-3-yl]methyl]-2-methoxyphenol 78178057 Click to see 374.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(93)90027-3
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50035A023
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
Eicosanoic Acid 10467 Click to see 312.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(93)90027-3
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Very long-chain fatty acids
Behenic Acid 8215 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O 340.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(93)90027-3
Lignoceric Acid 11197 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O 368.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(93)90027-3
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Triterpene glycosides / Triterpene saponins
Chikusetsusaponin Iva 13909684 Click to see 795.00 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(3S,5R,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-17-[(2S,4S)-4-[(2S)-3,3-dimethyloxiran-2-yl]-4-hydroxybutan-2-yl]-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 162875119 Click to see 458.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80312-1
(5R,9R,10R,13S,14S)-17-[4-(3,3-dimethyloxiran-2-yl)-4-hydroxybutan-2-yl]-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one 137706645 Click to see CC(CC(C1C(O1)(C)C)O)C2CCC3(C2(CCC4C3=CCC5C4(CCC(=O)C5(C)C)C)C)C 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80312-1
(5R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17S)-17-[(2S,4R)-4-[(2S)-3,3-dimethyloxiran-2-yl]-4-hydroxybutan-2-yl]-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one 162983982 Click to see 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80312-1
(5S,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-17-[(2S,4S)-4-[(2S)-3,3-dimethyloxiran-2-yl]-4-hydroxybutan-2-yl]-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one 162983979 Click to see CC(CC(C1C(O1)(C)C)O)C2CCC3(C2(CCC4C3=CCC5C4(CCC(=O)C5(C)C)C)C)C 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80312-1
(5S,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-17-[(2S,4S,5S)-4,5,6-trihydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one 162926039 Click to see 474.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80312-1
17-[4-(3,3-Dimethyloxiran-2-yl)-4-hydroxybutan-2-yl]-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one 3691820 Click to see 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80312-1
17-[4-(3,3-dimethyloxiran-2-yl)-4-hydroxybutan-2-yl]-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 3815886 Click to see 458.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80312-1
4,4,10,13,14-Pentamethyl-17-(4,5,6-trihydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one 14021536 Click to see 474.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80312-1
CID 14021529 14021529 Click to see CC(CC(C1C(O1)(C)C)O)C2CCC3(C2(CCC4C3=CCC5C4(CCC(=O)C5(C)C)C)C)C 456.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80312-1
Dihydroniloticin 73351981 Click to see 458.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80312-1
Niloticin 44559946 Click to see 456.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Piscidinol A 12004524 Click to see 474.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids / Limonoids
methyl (1S,2S,4R,6S,7R,8R,9R,10R,11S,12S,14R,15S,16R,18R)-9,12,14,18-tetraacetyloxy-6-(furan-3-yl)-1,7,11,15-tetramethyl-8-[(E)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-3-oxapentacyclo[8.8.0.02,4.02,7.011,16]octadecane-15-carboxylate 10485254 Click to see 756.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50119A015
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Alcohols and polyols / Cyclitols and derivatives / Quinic acids and derivatives
(1S,3R,4R,5R)-3-[3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyloxy]-1,4,5-trihydroxy-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid 9476 Click to see C1C(C(C(CC1(C(=O)O)O)OC(=O)C=CC2=CC(=C(C=C2)O)O)O)O 354.31 unknown via CMAUP database
(1S,3R,4R,5R)-3,4-Bis[3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyloxy]-1,5-dihydroxycyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid 153946 Click to see 516.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Isochlorogenic acid C 460890 Click to see 516.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids
3-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)Prop-2-Enoic Acid 2518 Click to see 180.16 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Kaempferol 5280863 Click to see 286.24 unknown via CMAUP database
Quercetin 5280343 Click to see 302.23 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
Rutin 5280805 Click to see 610.50 unknown via CMAUP database

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