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Useful Tropical Plants

Mostuea brunonis

Didr.

Gelsemiaceae

+ Synonyms

Leptocladus thomsonii Oliv.

Mostuea angustifolia Wernham

Mostuea buchholzii Engl.

Mostuea camporum Gilg

Mostuea densiflora Gilg

Mostuea dinklagei Gilg

Mostuea duchesnei De Wild.

Mostuea erythrophylla Gilg

Mostuea fuchsiaefolia Baker

Mostuea gilletii De Wild.

Mostuea gossweileri Cavaco

Mostuea gracilipes Mildbr.

Mostuea grandiflora Gilg ex Engl.

Mostuea longipetiolata Gilg

Mostuea lujae De Wild. & T.Durand

Mostuea lundensis Cavaco

Mostuea madagascarica Baill.

Mostuea megaphylla R.D.Good

Mostuea orientalis Baker

Mostuea penduliflora Gilg

Mostuea pervilleana Baill.

Mostuea rubrinervis Engl.

Mostuea schumanniana Gilg

Mostuea thomsonii (Oliv.) Benth.

Mostuea ulugurensis Gilg

Mostuea vankerckhoveni De Wild.

Mostuea vankerkhovenii De Wild.

Mostuea walleri Baker

Mostuea zenkeri Gilg

Common Name:

Mostuea brunonis
Flowering stem
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General Information

Mostuea brunonis is an erect, slender, usually much branched shrub or undershrub up to 1.5 metres tall, or occasionally developing a more climbing habit with stems up to 7 metres long[
299
Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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Author
 
Website
http://www.prota.org
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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544
Title
Cataloge of African Plants Collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 1861
Publication
 
Author
Hiern. W.P.
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Longmans & Co.; London.
Year
1898
ISBN
 
Description
In 6 volumes, it gives botanical descriptions and some uses of the plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
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The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Known Hazards

The root bark is used as ingredient of arrow poison[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Botanical References

308
Title
Flora Zambesiaca
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.
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515
Title
Flora of Tropical Africa Vol 1 - 8
Publication
 
Author
Var
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
L.Reeve & Co.; Ashford, Kent.
Year
1868 - 1917
ISBN
 
Description
Very little information on habitat, range and uses, but gives good descriptions of the plants. It can be downloaded from the internet.

Range

Tropical Africa - Ghana to Kenya, south to Angola, Mozambique and Madagascar.

Habitat

Gallery or rainforest, also in secondary forest, often in wet places or along river banks, at elevations from sea-level up to 2,000 metres[
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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http://www.prota.org
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0
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
,
308
Title
Flora Zambesiaca
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.
,
332
Title
The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
Publication
 
Author
Burkil. H. M.
Publisher
Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
Year
1985 - 2004
ISBN
 
Description
Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
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Properties

Medicinal Rating *  *
HabitShrub
Height1.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

A root decoction or infusion is taken to treat colds, hypermenorrhoea, kidney troubles and as an aphrodisiac. The root is chewed to treat stomach-ache. A root decoction or grated fresh root is taken as a vermifuge[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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A bath is taken with a root decoction to treat yellow fever[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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The grated root is also used to treat snakebites and it is applied as a dressing to treat wounds[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Young leaves are taken infood to treat stomach complaints and a twig decoction is taken to treat distended stomach in children[
299
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
]. An infusion of the twigs and leaves is taken to treat general pain, including intestinal pain and colitis, and dysentery[
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http://www.prota.org
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Mostuea brunonis contains several indole alkaloids[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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The stems and leaves contain gelsemicine, mostueine and some related compounds[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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The roots contain sempervirin and the quinoline-based alkaloid camptothecin. Camptothecin and its derivatives are candidate chemotherapy drugs to treat breast and colon cancers, malignant melanoma, small-cell lung cancer and leukaemia. Its use in agricultural fungicides has been patented in China[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Whole plant extracts of Mostuea brunonis contain 20-O-beta-glucopyranosyl camptothecin and some related compounds, as well as the moderately cytotoxic alkaloids deoxypumiloside and strictosamide. 20-O-beta-glucopyranosyl camptothecin is more soluble in alcohol and water than camptothecin, and may have value as a drug that could be more readily formulated than camptothecin[
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Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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Website
http://www.prota.org
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Year
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Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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