Kwandari (Terminalia macroptera)
Description
Terminalia macroptera is a species of flowering plant in the Combretaceae known by the Hausa common name kwandari. It is native to Africa, where it can be found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda, and Nigeria. This species is used medicinally in several African countries. It is used to treat infectious diseases, tuberculosis, hepatitis, and dysentery. Extracts of the plant have shown activity against Helicobacter pylori and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Parts of the plant are also used to make dye and perfumes. The leaves contain chlorogenic acid, quercetin, isoorientin, the ellagitannins chebulagic acid, chebulinic acid, punicalagin, and terflavin A, gallic and ellagic acids. Different methylated ellagic acid derivatives and the triterpenoid terminolic acid can be found in the heartwood. The plant also contains the hydrolyzable tannins isoterchebulin and 4,6-O-isoterchebuloyl-d-glucose, having a tetraphenylic acid moiety (isoterchebulic acid).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Myrtales
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Family: Combretaceae
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Genus: Terminalia
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