Sherbournia bignoniiflora

Sherbournia bignoniiflora (Welw.) Hua is an African scandent shrub or liane with large, showy, bell-shaped flowers belonging to the family Rubiaceae and found in equatorial West African evergreen forests in Cameroun, Benin, Gabon, Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Zambia and Angola. It is one of some 14 species in the genus Sherbournia.[1][2]

Sherbournia bignoniiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Genus:
Sherbournia
Species:
S. bignoniiflora
Binomial name
Sherbournia bignoniiflora (1901)
(Welw.) Hua
Synonyms
  • Amaralia bignoniiflora (Welw.) Hiern (1877)
  • Amaralia brazzaei (Hua) Wernham
  • Amaralia buntingii Wernham (1917)
  • Amaralia ekotokicola Wernham
  • Amaralia heinsioides Wernham (1917)
  • Amaralia palustris Wernham
  • Gardenia bignoniiflora Welw. (1859)
  • Sherbournia bignoniiflora var. brazzaei (Hua) N.Hallé
  • Sherbournia brazzaei Hua

Uses

Besides its ornamental value the species' leaves and bark are used in decoctions and infusions for a variety of ailments and conditions - the seed-coat mucilage as a pain-killer, the bark and leaves against pulmonary problems, stomach ailments, roots to combat cutaneous and subcutaneous parasitic infections, and the bark for aphrodisiacs and febrifuges. The stems produce tough fibres used as general purpose binding material.

References
  1. "Sherbournia bignoniiflora in Global Plants on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  2. "Search results — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2017-08-16.


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