Ptaeroxylon obliquum
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID644000ad27051503866635 |
| Scientific name | Ptaeroxylon obliquum |
| Authority | (Thunb.) Radlk. |
| First published in | Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 20: 165 (1890) |
Description Top
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Ptaeroxylon obliquum, commonly known as the sneezewood tree, is native to Southern Africa, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. It is the only species in the genus Ptaeroxylon and is a shrub or medium deciduous tree that stands up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall. The bark is whitish-grey and smooth when young, but fissured with age. Leaflets are 2.5 x 1.3 cm marked asymmetrically. They are blue-green to dark green in color and crowd near the ends of the rachis in three to seven pairs of leaflets. The flowers on the tree are white to creamy yellow and fragrant. It produces oils containing nieshoutol, which causes violent sneeze attacks by workers who are exposed to the tree. Sneezewood is an extremely hard and durable timber wood, often used for railway sleepers, furniture, and xylophone keys. It is also used for medicinal and ritual purposes, such as to repel moths or as snuff, and the Xhosa have traditionally made snuff from sneeze-wood to relieve headaches.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkia lentiscoides | Engl. | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 124 (1902) |
| Rhus obliqua | Thunb. | Fl. Cap. 2: 224 (1818) |
| Harrisonia lentiscoides | Boas | Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 29(1): 341 (1913) |
| Ptaeroxylon utile | Eckl. & Zeyh. | Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 54 (1835) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | nieshout |
| Estonian | aevastuspuu |
| Korean | 아프리카스네즈우드 |
| Norwegian Bokmål | kappmahogni |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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East Tropical Africa
- Tanzania
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South Tropical Africa
- Angola
- Mozambique
- Zimbabwe
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Southern Africa
- Botswana
- Cape Provinces
- Kwazulu-Natal
- Namibia
- Northern Provinces
- Swaziland
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East Tropical Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000471663 |
| Tropicos | 20400470 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:784511-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2543930 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 369997 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 77019 |
| IUCN Red List | 61958830 |
| IPNI | 784511-1 |
| iNaturalist | 431512 |
| GBIF | 3990253 |
| Freebase | /m/07sl_r |
| EPPO | QTAOB |
| EOL | 5631141 |
| USDA GRIN | 446820 |
| Wikipedia | Ptaeroxylon |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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| Name | PubChem ID | Canonical SMILES | MW | Found in | Proof |
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| > Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Furanocoumarins / Angular furanocoumarins | |||||
| (8S)-6-hydroxy-5-methoxy-8,9,9-trimethyl-8H-furo[2,3-h]chromen-2-one | 101821102 | Click to see CC1C(C2=C(O1)C(=C(C3=C2OC(=O)C=C3)OC)O)(C)C | 276.28 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)93094-7 |
| 6-hydroxy-5-methoxy-8,9,9-trimethyl-8H-furo[2,3-h]chromen-2-one | 12313382 | Click to see CC1C(C2=C(O1)C(=C(C3=C2OC(=O)C=C3)OC)O)(C)C | 276.28 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)93094-7 |
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| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |