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Lannea schweinfurthii
Lannea schweinfurthii is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree within the Anacardiaceae family. The tree is sometimes called 'bastard marula' or 'false marula' because when it is without flowers or fruits, it become quite similar to the marula tree and sometimes it's confused for the marula tree. Extracts of the species is used in traditional human and veterinary medical practices.
It has three varieties that are recognized by their leaf-blade outline and hairiness of leaves.
Chemical compounds isolated from the stem and root bark of the species include flavanoids: epicatechin gallate, catechin, and rutin; triterpenoids: b-sitosterol, sitosterol, sitosterol glucoside, lupeol, and lupenone, and alkyl cardonols: cyclohexenones and cyclohexenols.
The species occurs in a wide range of environments in East Tropical Africa, but is also found in parts of North East Africa and Southern Africa. It has been reported in Somalia, Kenya and southwards towards South Africa.
The root and stem bark is commonly used to treat a variety of ailments including blood disorders like Anemia, gastro-intestinal disorders such as diarrhea, dysentery, and stomach pains, sores and wounds and to treat infections such as abscesses, boils, skin rashes and gonorrhea. In Tanzania and Zimbabwe it is also used to treat animal related health issues such as coccidiosis and corridor disease.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lannea schweinfurthii 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.
