Aganope stuhlmannii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Aganope
Species:
A. stuhlmannii
Binomial name
Aganope stuhlmannii
(Taub.) Adema
Synonyms
  • Deguelia stuhlmannii Taub.
  • Derris stuhlmannii (Taub.) Harms
  • Lonchocarpus argenteus A.Chev.
  • Ostryoderris chevalieri Dunn
  • Ostryoderris stuhlmannii (Taub.) Dunn
  • Ostryoderris stuhlmannii (Taub.) Dunn ex Harms
  • Xeroderris chevalieri (Dunn) Roberty
  • Xeroderris stuhlmannii (Taub.) Mendonça & E.P.Sousa

Aganope stuhlmannii is a deciduous tree within the family Fabaceae. It is native to tropical Africa and grows in savanna woodlands.

Description

Medium-sized tree that can grow up to 27 meters tall, trunk; branchless up to 12 meters, cylindrical, straight, rough - flaky bark covering, grey - brown with red exudate, young twigs with brown hairs.[1] Leaves: alternate arrangement, clustered near the ends of branches, imparipinnate compound with 4 - 8 leaflets. Leaflets, alternate or opposite, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, 4 × 13 cm long and 2.5 × 6.5 cm wide, rounded apex and rounded to cordate at the base.[1]

Uses

Used as source material of timber, red exudate obtained from bark used for tanning. In Ghana, leaves are used in decoctions to treat malaria fever.[2] In parts of Togo, root bark extracts is used to treat sexual dysfunction and other plant extracts are used by traditional healers to treat a variety of diseases. Root decoctions can have adverse purgative effect.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Louppe, D; Oteng-Amoako, A. A; Brink, M; Lemmens, Roeland H. M J; Oyen, L. P. A; Cobbinah, J. R; PROTA Foundation (2008). Plant resources of tropical Africa 7. Timbers 1 7. Timbers 1. p. 591. ISBN 978-90-5782-209-4. OCLC 1182546950.
  2. ↑ Asase, Alex; Oteng-Yeboah, Alfred A.; Odamtten, George T.; Simmonds, Monique S.J. (2005). "Ethnobotanical study of some Ghanaian anti-malarial plants". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 99 (2): 273–279. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.02.020. PMID 15894138.
  3. ↑ "Xeroderris stuhlmannii - Useful Tropical Plants". tropical.theferns.info. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
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