Biology:Annickia polycarpa
| Annickia polycarpa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Annickia |
| Species: | A. polycarpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Annickia polycarpa (DC.) Setten & Maas ex I.M.Turner
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Annickia polycarpa is a small to medium-sized tree found in evergreen forests of West and Central Africa, it is within the Annonaceae family. It is also called the African Yellow wood.
Description
Annickia polycarpa is a small to medium-sized tree capable of reaching 20 meters tall and 40 cm in diameter.[1][2] Bark is usually smooth and occasionally, somewhat rough, fairly thick, with fibrous inner bark, black to greenish in color.[2] Petiole is sparsely pubescent, 3–8 mm long; leaf-blade is oblong, elliptical or obovate in outline with a papery surface, 5–27 cm long and 4–8 cm wide, acuminate at the apex and rounded at the base, covered with stellate hairs below.[1] Solitary flowers on young shoots, pedicel is 0.9-1.9 cm long; sepal: three, triangular shaped, pubescent on the outside, inside is slightly pubescent, petals: yellow when fresh, elliptic in outline, up to 3 cm long.[1] Flowering season is between July and August.
Distribution
Commonly occurs in the forest regions of West and Central Africa, from Sierra Leone to Cameroon; in Ivory Coast, it grows as an understorey in dense forests.[3]
Chemistry
Bark extracts shows presence of quinolic and isoquinolic class of alkaloids; compounds extracted from leaves and bark of the species have been reported to contain corydaldine, aporphinoids, berberines and protoberberine groups of alkaloids, .[4]
Uses
Bark extracts are used by herbalists in traditional treatment of malaria related symptoms, ulcers and leprous spots.[4] Stem bark is used for constructing huts, and a yellow dye obtained from the species is used for dyeing cloths, mats and leather.[3][2][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Versteegh, Corstiaen P. C.; Sosef, Marc S. M. (2007). "Revision of the African Genus Annickia (Annonaceae)". Systematics and Geography of Plants 77 (1): 91–118. ISSN 1374-7886. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20649730.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Timbers 2. R.H.M.J. Lemmens, D. Louppe. Wageningen: PROTA Foundation. 2012. ISBN 978-92-9081-495-5. OCLC 808216267. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/808216267.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yapi, Thierry Acafou; Ouattara, Zana Adama; Boti, Jean Brice; Tonzibo, Zanahi Félix; Paoli, Mathieu; Bighelli, Ange; Casanova, Joseph; Tomi, Félix (2018). "Composition and Chemical Variability of Enantia polycarpa Engl . & Diels Leaf Essential Oil from Côte d'Ivoire" (in en). Chemistry & Biodiversity 15 (7): e1800061. doi:10.1002/cbdv.201800061. PMID 29754407. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbdv.201800061.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Anosa, George N.; Udegbunam, Rita I.; Okoro, Josephine O.; Okoroafor, Obianuju N. (2014-04-28). "In vivo antimalarial activities of Enantia polycarpa stem bark against Plasmodium berghei berghei in mice" (in en). Journal of Ethnopharmacology 153 (2): 531–534. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2014.02.022. ISSN 0378-8741. PMID 24561382. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874114001354.
- ↑ Dalziel, J.M. (1926). "African Leather Dyes" (in en). Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 6 (6): 230. doi:10.2307/4118651.
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