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Dupineta brazzae

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Dupineta brazzae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Dupineta
Species:
D. brazzae
Binomial name
Dupineta brazzae
(Cogn.) Ver.-Lib. & G.Kadereit

Dupineta brazzae is a herbaceous species occurring in Tropical Africa, it belongs to the family Melastomataceae.

Description

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A shrubby herb that is branched from the base and having branches that are sharply angled.[1] Its leaves are opposite and petiolate, with the petiole up to 5 mm long. The leaflets are ovate in shape, up to 10 to 12 cm long and up to 4 to 7 cm wide, they are acuminate at the tip and rounded to cordate at the base.[2] The purplish flowers are arranged in dense cymes, up to 1 cm long with bracts that are acute; its sepals are towards the middle and usually with hairs around the margins.[2][1]

Distribution

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The range of the species is Tropical Africa, from Sierra Leone to Central and Eastern Africa. It is commonly found in gallery forests and open grasslands.[3][4]

Uses

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Leaf extracts of the species are used in traditional medicine to relieve pain and the stem parts are used in decoctions to treat malaria fever.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dissotis brazzae Cogn". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  2. ^ a b Flore du Gabon: Mélastomatacées, par H. Jacques-Félix (in French). Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 1961. p. 15.
  3. ^ Friis, Ib; Vollesen, Kaj (1998). Flora of the Sudan-Uganda border area east of the Nile. 1: Catalogue of vascular plants: Pt. 1. Biologiske skrifter. Copenhagen: Munksgaard. p. 128. ISBN 978-87-7304-297-7.
  4. ^ a b Omulokoli, Emmah (2012). Preliminary antimalarial and phytochemical studies of some Kenya medicinal plants (PhD thesis). Kenyatta University.