Anthocleista djalonensis

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Anthocleista djalonensis
Systematics
Order : Enzianartige (Gentianales)
Family : Gentian Family (Gentianaceae)
Tribe : Potalieae
Sub tribus : Potaliinae
Genre : Anthocleista
Type : Anthocleista djalonensis
Scientific name
Anthocleista djalonensis
A.Chev.

Anthocleista djalonensis is a plant from the genus Anthocleista whose types the English trivial names carry "Cabbage Tree" or "candelabrum Tree", within the family Gentianaceae (Gentianaceae). It is common in West Africa.

description

Appearance and leaf

Anthocleista djalonensis grows as a small tree and reaches heights of up to 15 meters. Its slender trunk has a diameter of up to 40 cm. On the branches there are sometimes two upright thorns or pads on the leaf axils . Anthocleista djalonensis has soft, white wood.

The opposite arranged leaves are divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The eared petiole is 1 to 9 cm long. The large, simple leaf blade is elongated-elliptical to obovate-elliptical with a length of 9 to 35 cm, for young plants up to 115 cm and a width of 5 to 17 cm, for young plants up to 50 cm a heart-shaped, rounded or wedge-shaped base, wedge-shaped top and a smooth edge.

Inflorescence and flower

In Ghana the flowering time is in April and May, in Nigeria between March and May. In a terminal, upright, dichasial, zymous inflorescence , which has a length of 15 to 50 cm, many flowers stand together. The inflorescence stem and the inflorescence axes thickened at their branches are greenish-white or light green with darker green spots.

The hermaphroditic flowers are radial symmetry . The four free sepals are circular with a length of 6 to 10 mm. The 11 to 14 white to creamy white petals are fused into a 20 to 32 mm long, cylindrical corolla tube. The 11 to 14 extended corolla lobes are elongated-lanceolate with a length of 10 to 18 mm. There is only the outer circle with 11 to 14 stamens ; these protrude from the corolla tube. The stamens have grown together to form a ring. The anthers are cream-colored or light yellow. The upper continuous, four-chambered ovary is mm and a length of 6 to 7 to a diameter of 3 to 4 mm obovate. The obovate-cylindrical scar is bilobed at the upper end.

Fruit and seeds

The multi-seeded berry is 3.5 to 5 cm long and 2 to 3.5 cm in diameter ellipsoidal with a rounded upper end. The thick fruit skin is dark green. In Nigeria, fruits are found in October and November. The brown seeds are obliquely egg-shaped with a size of about 2.5 mm × 1.5 to 2 mm × about 1 mm.

Chromosome number

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 60.

Occurrence

The West African distribution area of Anthocleista djalonensis extends from Guinea-Bissau to Cameroon . Anthocleista djalonensis thrives in very dry locations in savannas or in thickets at altitudes between 0 and 500 meters.

Taxonomy

The first description of Anthocleista djalonensis was in 1908 by Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier in Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France , 2 (8), p. 47. A synonym for Anthocleista djalonensis A. Chev. is Anthocleista kerstingii Gilg ex Volkens .

use

Plant parts from Anthocleista species, for example from Anthocleista djalonensis , have been used in traditional medicine. For example, it was used for malaria , to lower fever, leprosy , poisoning, intestinal problems, sprains and diabetes mellitus . But fertility should also be positively influenced.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h A. de Ruijter: Anthocleista djalonensis A. Chev. in Prota 11 (1): Medicinal plants / Plantes médicinales 1 at PROTA = Plant Resources of Tropical Africa .
  2. ↑ N. David Sarogoro & EA Emerhi (2015): Bio-energy properties of Anthocleista djalonensis (. A. Chev) in Parts of Rivers State, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Forestry 45 (1): 34-39.
  3. ↑ Anthocleista djalonensis at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  4. ↑ Ethnobotany of gentians at Gentian Research Network . last accessed on December 11, 2012

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