Biology:Sherbournia bignoniiflora

Short description: Species of plant

Sherbournia bignoniiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Sherbournia
Species:	S. bignoniiflora
Binomial name
Sherbournia bignoniiflora (Welw.) Hua
Synonyms
Amaralia bignoniiflora (Welw.) Hiern Amaralia brazzaei (Hua) Wernham Amaralia buntingii Wernham Amaralia ekotokicola Wernham Amaralia heinsioides Wernham Amaralia palustris Wernham Gardenia bignoniiflora Welw. Sherbournia bignoniiflora var. brazzaei (Hua) N.Hallé Sherbournia brazzaei Hua

Sherbournia bignoniiflora is an African scandent shrub or liane with large, showy, bell-shaped flowers belonging to the family Rubiaceae and found in equatorial West African evergreen forests in Cameroun, Benin, Gabon, Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Zambia and Angola. It is one of some 14 species in the genus Sherbournia.

Uses

Besides its ornamental value the species' leaves and bark are used in decoctions and infusions for a variety of ailments and conditions - the seed-coat mucilage as a pain-killer, the bark and leaves against pulmonary problems, stomach ailments, roots to combat cutaneous and subcutaneous parasitic infections, and the bark for aphrodisiacs and febrifuges. The stems produce tough fibres used as general purpose binding material.

External links

• 'Revision of the African genus Sherbournia' - Sonke & Pauwels (2005)

Wikidata ☰ Q15447836 entry