Guiera

Guiera
Inflorescence and flowers of Guiera senegalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Guiera
Adans. ex Juss.
Species:
G. senegalensis
Binomial name
Guiera senegalensis

Guiera is a flowering plant genus in the family Combretaceae. Guiera senegalensis is the only known species in the genus, found in Tropical Africa in dry areas from Senegal to Sudan (requiring much sunlight and light dry soil).[1] The plant produces the tannin 3,4,5-Tri-O-galloylquinic acid and several alkaloids of the harmane family.[2]

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