Hunteria umbellata

Hunteria umbellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Hunteria
Species:
H. umbellata
Binomial name
Hunteria umbellata
Synonyms[2]
  • Carpodinus umbellata K.Schum
  • Hunteria eburnea Pichon
  • Hunteria elliotii (Stapf) Pichon
  • Hunteria mayumbensis Pichon
  • Picralima elliotii (Stapf) Stapf
  • Picralima umbellata (K.Schum.) Stapf
  • Polyadoa elliotii Stapf
  • Polyadoa umbellata (K.Schum.) Stapf

Hunteria umbellata grows as either a shrub or small tree up to 22 metres (72 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 40 centimetres (16 in). Its flowers feature a white, creamy or pale yellow corolla. The fruit is yellow and smooth. Its habitat is forests from sea level to 600 metres (2,000 ft) altitude. Its numerous local medicinal uses include for fever, leprosy sores, stomach and liver problems and as an anthelmintic, especially against internal worms. Hunteria umbellata has been used as arrow poison. The plant's hard wood is used in carving and to make small tools.[3] The species is native to an area of tropical Africa from Guinea-Bissau in the west to Angola in the south.[1]

  1. ^ a b Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2018). "Hunteria umbellata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136108289A136108291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T136108289A136108291.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Hunteria umbellata". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  3. ^ Medicinal Plants. PROTA. 2008. pp. 336–337. ISBN 978-9-05782-204-9.