Record display
PROTA4U Homepage| Select translation pop-up: |
|
|
PROTA4U Record display |
PROTA4U Homepage
|
| Kew Bull. 30(1): 83 (1975). | |||
| show more data (2) | comments (0) |
| Menispermaceae | |||
| show more data (6) | comments (0) |
| Epinetrum cordifolium Mangenot & J.Miège (1951). | |||
| show more data (7) | comments (0) |
| show more data (1) | comments (0) |
| Albertisia cordifolia is endemic to the south-eastern coastal region of Côte d’Ivoire, where it occurs in a small area near Abidjan. | |||
| show more data (2) | comments (0) |
| In Côte d’Ivoire the root of Albertisia cordifolia is used to treat anaemia and oedema of the legs. Root pulp with some water is used as nose drops and administered as a sedative to agitated people, complementing treatment with the root of Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel. Root pulp is inserted into the vagina to treat uterus complaints and applied externally as a haemostatic. Men suffering from gonorrhoea take an enema of root pulp. A root maceration is taken as an enema or in draught as aphrodisiac and stimulant. | |||
| show more data (1) | comments (0) |
| The roots of Albertisia cordifolia contain the bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids cycleanine, isochondrodendrine and norcycleanine. Cycleanine is a neuromuscular stimulant in small doses and paralyses at high doses. Albertisia cordifolia is considered poisonous to sheep. | |||
| show more data (0) | comments (0) |
| Dioecious scandent shrub or liana up to 15 m long; young branches yellowish hairy, old branches with greyish or brownish glabrous bark. Leaves alternate, simple and entire; stipules absent; petiole 3–12 cm long, thickened at both ends, white-hairy; blade ovate to elliptical, 8–25 cm × 5–17 cm, base cordate, apex acute or shortly acuminate, papery to thinly leathery, glabrous except for the veins, pinnately veined but with 5–7 basal veins. Inflorescence an axillary few-flowered cyme; male inflorescence 2–5-flowered, with peduncle up to 1.5 cm long, female inflorescence 1–2-flowered with peduncle up to 2 mm long. Flowers unisexual, regular, pedicel 2–4 mm long; sepals 9 in 3 whorls, greyish hairy outside, glabrous and blackish inside, 3 outer sepals triangular, c. 1 mm long, next 3 sepals triangular-ovate, 2–4 mm long, 3 inner ones elliptical-oblong, 6–9 mm long, yellowish; petals 6, kidney-shaped, c. 0.5 mm long; male flowers with c. 20 stamens fused into a staminal column 2–2.5 mm long, anthers fused into a conical head c. 2 mm long; female flowers with superior ovary consisting of 6 silky hairy carpels. Fruit composed of 4–6 sessile drupes, each drupe ovoid to nearly globose, 2–3.5 cm × 2–2.5 cm, short-hairy, orange, 1-seeded. Seed ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, 2–3 cm × 2–2.5 cm. Seedling with hypogeal germination; epicotyl 4–7 cm long; cotyledons remaining within the fruit-stone. Albertisia cordifolia flowers from April to June and fruits ripen about 2 months later. The seeds are probably dispersed by animals that feed on the fruit. Albertisia comprises 18 species, 13 in Africa and 5 in tropical Asia. Other species occurring in Côte d’Ivoire are Albertisia mangenotii (Guillaumet & Debray) Forman in the south-western part of the country and Albertisia scandens (Mangenot & J.Miège) Forman in southern Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Leaf sap of both species is applied to treat toothache, and leaf sap of Albertisia scandens is also applied to skin affections. | |||
| show more data (0) | comments (0) |
| show more data (1) | comments (0) |
| Albertisia cordifolia occurs in secondary formations inside dense humid forest at low altitude. | |||
| show more data (2) | comments (0) |
| Albertisia cordifolia roots are only collected from the wild. | |||
| show more data (0) | comments (0) |
| The area of distribution of Albertisia cordifolia is small with an estimated width of 13 km and its habitat is shrinking which may bring it in danger of extinction. | |||
| show more data (0) | comments (0) |
| Albertisia cordifolia will probably remain locally important as a medicinal plant. | |||
| show more data (0) | comments (0) |
| • Burkill, H.M., 1997. The useful plants of West Tropical Africa. 2nd Edition. Volume 4, Families M–R. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom. 969 pp. • de Koning, J., 1983. La forêt de Banco. Part 2: La Flore. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 83–1. Wageningen, Netherlands. 921 pp. • Holmgren, M., Poorter, L., Siepel, A., Bongers, F., Buitelaar, M., Chatelain, C., Gautier, L., Hawthorne, W.D., Helmink, A.T.F., Jongkind, C.C.H., Os-Breijer, H.J., Wieringa, J.J. & van Zoest, A.R., 2004. Ecological profiles of rare and endemic species. In: Poorter, L., Bongers, F., Kouamé, F.N’. & Hawthorne, W.D. (Editors). Biodiversity of West African forests. An ecological atlas of woody plant species. CAB International, Wallingford, United Kingdom. pp. 101–389. • Neuwinger, H.D., 2000. African traditional medicine: a dictionary of plant use and applications. Medpharm Scientific, Stuttgart, Germany. 589 pp. • Troupin, G., 1962. Monographie des Menispermaceae africaines. Mémoires in-8. Académie Royale des Sciences d’Outre-Mer, Classe des Sciences Naturelles et Médicales, Nouvelle série 8(2), Brussels, Belgium. 313 pp. | |||
| show more data (4) | comments (0) |
| • Bouquet, A. & Debray, M., 1974. Plantes médicinales de la Côte d’Ivoire. Travaux et Documents No 32. ORSTOM, Paris, France. 231 pp. • Debray, M., 1966. Contribution a l’étude du genre Epinetrum (Ménispermacées) E. cordifolium Mangenot et Miège et E. mangenotii Guillaumet et Debray de Cote d’Ivoire. Mémoires No 18, ORST0M, Paris, France. 74 pp. • Debray, M., Plat, M. & Le Men, J., 1966. Alcaloides des Menispermacees africaines Epinetrum cordifolium et Epinetrum mangenotii: isolement de la cycleanine, de la nor-cycleanine et de l’isochondrodendrine. Annales Pharmaceutiques Françaises 24(7–8): 551–558. • Forman, L.L., 1975. The Menispermaceae of Malesia and adjacent areas. Part 3, the tribe Triclisieae in Asia, the Pacific and Australia. Kew Bulletin 30(1): 77–100. • Hawthorne, W. & Jongkind, C., 2006. Woody plants of western African forests: a guide to the forest trees, shrubs and lianes from Senegal to Ghana. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. 1023 pp. • Oliver-Bever, B., 1986. Medicinal plants in tropical West Africa. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 375 pp. | |||
| show more data (0) | comments (0) |
| |||||
| |||||||
| |||||||||||
| |||||||
| de Ruijter, A., 2008. Albertisia cordifolia (Mangenot & J.Miège) Forman. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed . | |||
| There are 22 book citations related to Albertisia cordifolia (Mangenot & J.Miège) Forman. Click on "show more" to view them. | ||
| show more data | comments (0) |
| There are 54 citation in web searches related to Albertisia cordifolia (Mangenot & J.Miège) Forman. Click on "show more" to view them. | ||
| show more data | comments (0) |
| There are 13 citation in scholarly articles related to Albertisia cordifolia (Mangenot & J.Miège) Forman. Click on "show more" to view them. | ||
| show more data | comments (0) |
| General importance |  |
| Geographic coverage Africa |  |
| Geographic coverage World | |
| Medicinal use | |
| Conservation status |  |
Comments (
