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Aganope stuhlmannii

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Aganope stuhlmannii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Aganope
Species: A. stuhlmannii
Binomial name
Aganope stuhlmannii
(Taub.) Adema
Synonyms
  • Deguelia stuhlmannii Taub.
  • Derris stuhlmannii (Taub.) Harms
  • Lonchocarpus argenteus A.Chev.
  • Ostryoderris chevalieri Dunn
  • Ostryoderris stuhlmannii (Taub.) Dunn
  • Ostryoderris stuhlmannii (Taub.) Dunn ex Harms
  • Xeroderris chevalieri (Dunn) Roberty
  • Xeroderris stuhlmannii (Taub.) Mendonça & E.P.Sousa

Aganope stuhlmannii is a deciduous tree within the family Fabaceae. It is native to tropical Africa and grows in savanna woodlands.

Description

Medium-sized tree that can grow up to 27 meters tall, trunk; branchless up to 12 meters, cylindrical, straight, rough - flaky bark covering, grey - brown with red exudate, young twigs with brown hairs. Leaves: alternate arrangement, clustered near the ends of branches, imparipinnate compound with 4 - 8 leaflets. Leaflets, alternate or opposite, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, 4 × 13 cm long and 2.5 × 6.5 cm wide, rounded apex and rounded to cordate at the base.

Uses

Used as source material of timber, red exudate obtained from bark used for tanning. In Ghana, leaves are used in decoctions to treat malaria fever. In parts of Togo, root bark extracts is used to treat sexual dysfunction and other plant extracts are used by traditional healers to treat a variety of diseases. Root decoctions can have adverse purgative effect.

References

  1. ^ Louppe, D; Oteng-Amoako, A. A; Brink, M; Lemmens, Roeland H. M J; Oyen, L. P. A; Cobbinah, J. R; PROTA Foundation (2008). Plant resources of tropical Africa 7. Timbers 1 7. Timbers 1. p. 591. ISBN 978-90-5782-209-4. OCLC 1182546950.
  2. Asase, Alex; Oteng-Yeboah, Alfred A.; Odamtten, George T.; Simmonds, Monique S.J. (2005). "Ethnobotanical study of some Ghanaian anti-malarial plants". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 99 (2): 273–279. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.02.020. PMID 15894138.
  3. "Xeroderris stuhlmannii - Useful Tropical Plants". tropical.theferns.info. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
Taxon identifiers
Aganope stuhlmannii
Deguelia stuhlmannii
Xeroderris stuhlmannii
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