Biology:Vitex doniana
| Vitex doniana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Vitex |
| Species: | V. doniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Vitex doniana Sweet[1]
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Vitex doniana is a tree native to the Afrotropics. Its fruits are one of several fruits called black plums. This tree is often grown for its fruits.[1][2]
Description
It grows to 4–8 metres (13–26 ft), and rarely up to 15 metres (49 ft). Its fruits are at most 2.5 centimetres (31⁄32 in) in length.[2] V. doniana is found at altitudes of 0–1,800 metres (0–5,906 ft)[2] in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.[3] The insect Rastrococcus invadens is a pest to this plant.[3]
V. doniana is known as plem in Ethiopia, uchakoro in Nigeria, mfudu and mfuu in Eswatini, mfuu in Tanzania, munyamazi and yuelo in Uganda and kashilumbalu in Zambia.[3]
V. doniana is one of the few plants notable for its phytoecdysteroid content, Ochieng et al. 2013 finding it is one of the few with more than 0.001% by dry weight.[4] Specifically they find 21-hydroxyshidasterone, 11b-hydroxy-20-deoxyshidasterone and 2,3-acetonide-24-hydroxyecdysone.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vitex doniana". 2022-02-01. http://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/famine-foods/famine_food/vitex-doniana/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Category 3: Wild Food Plants Attracting Additional Consumer Categories (during food shortage periods) Vitex doniana (Sweet)". http://www.africa.upenn.edu/faminefood/category3/cat3_Vitex_doniana.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Vitex doniana (black plum)". CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International). 2019-11-20. http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/56529.
- ↑ Dinan, Laurence; Mamadalieva, Nilufar Z.; Lafont, René (2019-10-18). "Dietary Phytoecdysteroids". Handbook of Dietary Phytochemicals. Singapore: Springer Singapore. pp. 1–54. ISBN 978-981-13-1745-3.
- ↑ Das, Niranjan; Mishra, Siddhartha Kumar; Bishayee, Anusha; Ali, Eunüs S.; Bishayee, Anupam (2021). "The phytochemical, biological, and medicinal attributes of phytoecdysteroids: An updated review". Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B (Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Pharmaceutical Association (Elsevier)) 11 (7): 1740–1766. doi:10.1016/j.apsb.2020.10.012. ISSN 2211-3835. PMID 34386319.
Wikidata ☰ Q15375017 entry
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