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Duguetia staudtii is a medium-sized evergreen rainforest tree from tropical West and Central Africa, valued locally for its timber and bark medicine. It is a forest canopy tree and is not grown as a garden or houseplant.
Duguetia staudtii is a medium-sized evergreen tree within the Annonaceae family. It is one of the four species within the genus Duguetia that is native to Africa.
Stem bark contains the bioactive compounds, 2,4,5 trimethoxystyrene and 1-(2,4,5- trimethoxyphenyl)-ethanone. It contains members of the group of alkaloids: berberines, tetrahydroprotoberberines and aporphines.
It grows in tropical west and west-central Africa, from Guinea to the Central African Republic and southwards to Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is locally called Ntom in Central African Republic.
Bark extracts used by traditional healers as treatment for bronchitis, toothache, edema and head lice. Wood used as timber in local carpentry work, especially as planks or for poles in house construction.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Duguetia staudtii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
