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Piptadeniastrum
Piptadeniastrum is a genus with one species, Piptadeniastrum africanum, a tall deciduous legume tree of humid West and Central African forests. It is a timber and medicinal tree rather than a common garden plant, and it needs a large space and humid tropical conditions.
Piptadeniastrum africanum is a tall deciduous tree within the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to the humid tropics of sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Senegal to Sudan and Angola. It is the sole species in genus Piptadeniastrum. It is also called Piptadenia africana, and its timber is traded under the names Dabema or Dahoma. It commonly occurs in freshwater swamp forests but can also be found further north.
Methanol and aqueous extracts from the stem bark tested for the presence of flavonoids, phenols, tannins and saponins. Profiles of its compounds include a variety of dihydroxy-trimethoxy(iso)flavone isomers, apigenin, chrysoeriol, eriodictyol, luteolin, and liquiritigenin.
Naturally occurs in the humid Guineo-Congolian forest of West and Central Africa from Senegal to Sudan and moving southwards towards northern Angola. It is locally known as Dabema in Ivory Coast and as Dahoma in Ghana.
The chemical compounds of Piptadeniastrum africanum have generated interest among researchers, largely due to the wide variety of afflictions that plant extracts are used to treat in traditional medicine. Extracts of the species are used to treat gastric ulcers. The Baka people of Cameroon use macerated stem bark extracts in preparations to treat abdominal pains while some healers use leaf extracts as a tonic or as an aphrodisiac. In Congo and Ghana, it is applied in native medicine as a treatment for back pains and sexual asthenia.
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