Terminalia avicennioides (Bambara: Wolobugun) is a tree species in the genus Terminalia found in West Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Combretaceae |
| Genus: | Terminalia |
| Species: | T. avicennioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Terminalia avicennioides | |
| Synonyms | |
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Terminalia avicennoides | |
Castalagin[2] and flavogallonic acid dilactone[3] are hydrolysable tannins found in T. avicennoides.
See also
edit- Bògòlanfini, a handmade Malian cotton fabric dyed yellow in wool solution, made from the leaves of T. avicennoides
References
edit- ^ Terminalia avicennioides on www.ville-ge.ch
- ^ Shuaibu MN, Pandey K, Wuyep PA, et al. (November 2008). "Castalagin from Anogeissus leiocarpus mediates the killing of Leishmania in vitro". Parasitology Research. 103 (6): 1333–8. doi:10.1007/s00436-008-1137-7. PMID 18690475. S2CID 37480828.
- ^ The use of microfluorometric method for activity-guided isolation of antiplasmodial compound from plant extracts. M. N. Shuaibu, P. A. Wuyep, T. Yanagi, K. Hirayama, T. Tanaka and I. Kouno, Parasitol Res (2008) 102, pp. 1119–1127, doi:10.1007/s00436-008-0879-6
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