Xylopia acutiflora
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Xylopia |
| Species: | X. acutiflora |
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| Xylopia acutiflora | |
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Xylopia acutiflora is a species of flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. It is small tree that grows up to 15 m high. It is native to Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and western Côte d'Ivoire in west Africa.[2]
Description
Brown pubescent twigs mixed with erect and short hairs. Leaf blades chartaceous, concolorous–slightly discolorous, elliptic–elliptic-lanceolate, larger blades, 5.3 - 11.7 cm long and 2.3 - 4.3 cm wide; acute to acuminate at apex and cuneate at base. Flowers are solitary[3] Fruit green - reddish tinged exterior, scarlet endocarp, up to born on a pedicel. Seed, ovate- ellipsoid, monocarps have two rows of seed.[3]
Distribution
It is native to Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and western Côte d'Ivoire,[2] where it grows in lowland moist forests.[4]
Uses
In Ghana and among the Ehotile people of Akanland, root extracts from the species is used as a sexual stimulant and as a chewing stick.[5] Seeds are crushed and used as spice, wood obtained are used as material to make canoe paddles, spears or bows.
References
- ↑ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. (2019). "Xylopia acutiflora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T137016079A143272642. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T137016079A143272642.en. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Xylopia acutiflora (Dunal) A.Rich". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- 1 2 Johnson, David M.; Murray, Nancy A. (2018-04-24). "A revision of Xylopia L. (Annonaceae): the species of Tropical Africa". PhytoKeys (97): 1–252. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.97.20975. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 10865103.
- ↑ Hasan, Choudhury M.; Healey, Terence M.; Waterman, Peter G. (1985). "Acutifloric acid: A diterpene dimer from the stem bark of Xylopia acutiflora". Phytochemistry. 24 (1): 192–194. Bibcode:1985PChem..24..192H. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80841-9.
- ↑ Malan, Djah F; Neuba, Danho F R; Kouakou, Kouakou L (2015). "Medicinal plants and traditional healing practices in ehotile people, around the aby lagoon (eastern littoral of Côte d'Ivoire)". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 11 (1): 21. doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0004-8. ISSN 1746-4269. PMC 4391329. PMID 25888765.