Warburgia | |
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Foliage and flowers of W. salutaris | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Canellales |
Family: | Canellaceae |
Genus: |
Warburgia Engl. |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Warburgia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Canellaceae described in 1895. [2] It was named for the German botanist Otto Warburg. [3] It is native to eastern and southern Africa. [1]
All four species have medicinal uses. [4] Extracts of Warburgia ugandensis have been reported to show some antimalarial properties in animal models. [5] [6]
Warburgia | |
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Foliage and flowers of W. salutaris | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Magnoliids |
Order: | Canellales |
Family: | Canellaceae |
Genus: |
Warburgia Engl. |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Warburgia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Canellaceae described in 1895. [2] It was named for the German botanist Otto Warburg. [3] It is native to eastern and southern Africa. [1]
All four species have medicinal uses. [4] Extracts of Warburgia ugandensis have been reported to show some antimalarial properties in animal models. [5] [6]