Hannoa

Hannoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Sapindales
Family:Simaroubaceae
Genus:Hannoa
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Hannoa is a genus of plant in the family Simaroubaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

  • Hannoa kitombetombe
  • Hannoa klaineana and Hannoa chlorantha. Both of these "are used in traditional medicine of Central African countries against fevers and malaria."[1]

References

  1. François G, Diakanamwa C, Timperman G, Bringmann G, Steenackers T, Atassi G, Van Looveren M, Holenz J, Tassin JP, Assi LA, Vanhaelen-Fastre R, Vanhaelen M (1998). "Antimalarial and cytotoxic potential of four quassinoids from Hannoa chlorantha and Hannoa klaineana, and their structure-activity relationships". Int. J. Parasitol. 28 (4): 635–40. doi:10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00008-3. PMID 9602388.


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