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Annickia polycarpa
Also called Yellow Wood
Annickia polycarpa is a species of flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. It is commonly known as African Yellow Wood. It is small to medium-sized tree found in evergreen forests of tropical West Africa and Cameroon.
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, .
It grows in the Upper and Lower Guinean forests of west and west-central Africa, from Guinea to Cameroon. In Ivory Coast it grows as an understorey in dense forests.
Bark extracts are used by herbalists in traditional treatment of malaria related symptoms, ulcers and leprous spots. Stem bark is used for constructing huts, and a yellow dye obtained from the species is used for dyeing cloths, mats and leather.
African Yellow Wood · African Yellowwood · Annickia kummeriae · Annickia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Annickia polycarpa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
