Duguetia staudtii is a medium-sized evergreen tree within the Annonaceae family. Species is one of four within the genus Duguetia that is native to Africa.[2]
Tree grows up to 36 meters tall. Straight, cylindrical trunk that can be branchless for up to 20 meters, stem bark is rarely scaly, commonly thick and soft and yellow or grey-green in colour.[3] Leaf: simple, alternate arrangement, petiole, 0.2 - 0.5cm. Leaf-blade, narrowly elliptical to obovate in outline, 10 x 24cm long and 2 x 5cm wide;[4] dark green upper surface is coriaceous and glabrous while lower surface is duller.[3]
Stem bark contains the bioactive compounds, 2,4,5 trimethoxystyrene and 1-(2,4,5- trimethoxyphenyl)-ethanone.[6][7] It contains members of the group of alkaloids: berberines, tetrahydroprotoberberines and aporphines.[8]
Uses
Bark extracts used by traditional healers as treatment for bronchitis, toothache, edema and head lice.[6] Wood used as timber in local carpentry work, especially as planks or for poles in house construction.[5]
↑ Timbers. D. Louppe, A. A. Oteng-Amoako, M. Brink, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Wageningen: PROTA Foundation. 2008. pp.323–324. ISBN978-90-5782-209-4. OCLC299747129.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
1 2 Voorhoeve, A. G. (1979). Liberian high forest trees: a systematic botanical study of the 75 most important or frequent high forest trees, with reference to numerous related species (2nd impred.). Wageningen: Pudoc. p.57. ISBN90-220-0701-4. OCLC63303450.
↑ Yapi, T.; Boti, J.; Félix, Tonzibo Z.; Ahibo, Antoine Coffy (2012). "Pachypodanthium Staudtii Engl & Diels from Côte d'Ivoire: Composition of Leaf, Stem Bark and Roots Oils". S2CID96718956.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
↑ Cassels, Bruce; Perez, Edwin (2010). "Alkaloids from the Genus Duguetia". The alkaloids: chemistry and biology. Volume 68. Geoffrey A. Cordell. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN978-1-283-02035-0. OCLC1127154170.
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