Warburgia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Canellaceae described in 1895.[2] It was named for the German botanist Otto Warburg.[3] It is native to eastern and southern Africa.[1]
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| Foliage and flowers of W. salutaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Canellales |
| Family: | Canellaceae |
| Genus: | Warburgia Engl. |
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All four species have medicinal uses.[4] Extracts of Warburgia ugandensis have been reported to show some antimalarial properties in animal models.[5][6]
- Species[1]
- Warburgia elongata Verdc. - Tanzania
- Warburgia salutaris (Bertol.f.) Chiov. - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
- Warburgia stuhlmannii Engl. - Tanzania, Kenya
- Warburgia ugandensis Sprague - Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Ethiopia to Malawi
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1895. Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas C: 276
- ^ PlantZAfrica.com: Warburgia salutaris
- ^ Muchugi, A.; et al. (2008). "Genetic structuring of important medicinal species of genus Warburgia as revealed by AFLP analysis" (PDF). Tree Genetics & Genomes. 4 (4): 787–795. doi:10.1007/s11295-008-0151-3. S2CID 19621449.
- ^ Were, PS; Kinyanjui, P; Gicheru, MM; Mwangi, E; Ozwara, HS (2010). "Prophylactic and curative activities of extracts from Warburgia ugandensis Sprague (Canellaceae) and Zanthoxylum usambarense (Engl.) Kokwaro (Rutaceae) against Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium berghei". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 130 (1): 158–62. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2010.04.034. PMID 20435133.
- ^ Medicinal plants on verge of extinction - environment - 10 January 2009 - New Scientist
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