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Internal ID UUID643fed45ec627582707199
Scientific name Balanites maughamii
Authority Sprague
First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 136 (1913)

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Language Common/alternative name
English torchwood
English manduro
Afrikaans groendoring
Afrikaans fakkelhout
Arabic هجليج موغامي
Zulu ugobandlovu

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Balanites maughamii subsp. acuta Sands Kew Bull. 56: 37 (2001)
Balanites maughamii subsp. maughamii Unknown

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000313543
USDA Plants BAMA10
Tropicos 34600145
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:873111-1
The Plant List kew-19462
Open Tree Of Life 760114
NCBI Taxonomy 66625
IUCN Red List 158067
IPNI 873111-1
iNaturalist 340261
GBIF 5421114
Freebase /m/0t_f7qp
EOL 483580
USDA GRIN 6323
Wikipedia Balanites_maughamii

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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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Ethnoveterinary Study of Plant-Based Remedies for Treating Diseases in Small Ruminants in Maputo Province, Mozambique Barbosa FM, Cala AC, Sevastyanov V, Boane E, Hlashwayo DF Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 05-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10569895
doi:10.1155/2023/1842870
PMID:37842333
Effect of Soil Type: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Phytochemicals in Some Browse Species Leaves Found in Savannah Biome of South Africa Mudau HS, Mokoboki HK, Ravhuhali KE, Mkhize Z Molecules 22-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8911906
doi:10.3390/molecules27051462
PMID:35268563
A Review of Ethnoveterinary Knowledge, Biological Activities and Secondary Metabolites of Medicinal Woody Plants Used for Managing Animal Health in South Africa Selogatwe KM, Asong JA, Struwig M, Ndou RV, Aremu AO Vet Sci 12-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8537377
doi:10.3390/vetsci8100228
PMID:34679058
Nutrients Profile of 52 Browse Species Found in Semi-Arid Areas of South Africa for Livestock Production: Effect of Harvesting Site Mudau HS, Mokoboki HK, Ravhuhali KE, Mkhize Z Plants (Basel) 07-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8538619
doi:10.3390/plants10102127
PMID:34685937
Antiplasmodial, antimalarial activities and toxicity of African medicinal plants: a systematic review of literature Tajbakhsh E, Kwenti TE, Kheyri P, Nezaratizade S, Lindsay DS, Khamesipour F Malar J 25-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8390284
doi:10.1186/s12936-021-03866-0
PMID:34433465
Ethnoveterinary Knowledge and Biological Evaluation of Plants Used for Mitigating Cattle Diseases: A Critical Insight Into the Trends and Patterns in South Africa Chakale MV, Mwanza M, Aremu AO Front Vet Sci 19-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8417044
doi:10.3389/fvets.2021.710884
PMID:34490402
South Africa’s Best BARK Medicines Prescribed at the Johannesburg Muthi Markets for Skin, Gut, and Lung Infections: MIC’s and Brine Shrimp Lethality Khumalo GP, Sadgrove NJ, Van Vuuren SF, Van Wyk BE Antibiotics (Basel) 07-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8227155
doi:10.3390/antibiotics10060681
PMID:34200286
Anachronic Fruit Traits and Natural History Suggest Extinct Megafauna Herbivores as the Dispersers of an Endangered Tree Muñoz-Concha D, Muñoz K, Loayza AP Plants (Basel) 05-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7694390
doi:10.3390/plants9111492
PMID:33167312
Botanical Products in the Treatment and Control of Schistosomiasis: Recent Studies and Distribution of Active Plant Resources According to Affected Regions Duarte Galhardo de Albuquerque RD, Mahomoodally MF, Lobine D, Suroowan S, Rengasamy KR Biology (Basel) 13-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7464741
doi:10.3390/biology9080223
PMID:32823660
Exploring African Medicinal Plants for Potential Anti-Diabetic Compounds with the DIA-DB Inverse Virtual Screening Web Server Pereira AS, den Haan H, Peña-García J, Moreno MM, Pérez-Sánchez H, Apostolides Z Molecules 24-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6571761
doi:10.3390/molecules24102002
PMID:31137754
Browse silage as potential feed for captive wild ungulates in southern Africa: A review Mbatha KR, Bakare AG Anim Nutr 06-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC6112349
doi:10.1016/j.aninu.2017.12.003
PMID:30167478
Change in Mesoherbivore Browsing Is Mediated by Elephant and Hillslope Position Lagendijk DD, Thaker M, de Boer WF, Page BR, Prins HH, Slotow R PLoS One 17-Jun-2015
PMCID:PMC4471177
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128340
PMID:26083248
Screening for adulticidal activity against Anopheles arabiensis in ten plants used as mosquito repellent in South Africa Mavundza EJ, Maharaj R, Chukwujekwu JC, Finnie JF, Van Staden J Malar J 06-May-2014
PMCID:PMC4016781
doi:10.1186/1475-2875-13-173
PMID:24884500
The Effects of Herbivory by a Mega- and Mesoherbivore on Tree Recruitment in Sand Forest, South Africa Lagendijk DD, Mackey RL, Page BR, Slotow R PLoS One 22-Mar-2011
PMCID:PMC3062551
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017983
PMID:21445345
Ethnobotanical survey in Canhane village, district of Massingir, Mozambique: medicinal plants and traditional knowledge Ribeiro A, Romeiras MM, Tavares J, Faria MT J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-Dec-2010
PMCID:PMC3016261
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-6-33
PMID:21129187

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