Warburgia
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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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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]
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 | edit source]- ^ 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
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- ^ Medicinal plants on verge of extinction - environment - 10 January 2009 - New Scientist
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