Cryptolepis

FamilyApocynaceae

Native toAndaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip

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Specimen records

76

With media

45

Family

Apocynaceae

Collections

NY, MO, B, UPS, MEL, MICH

Recorded in

Zambia, Tanzania, India, Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Thailand, Mozambique

• A review of preclinical evidence of Cryptolepis nigrescens (Wennberg) L. Joubert. and Bruyns., Prosopsis africana (Guill. and Perr.) Taub. and Pterygota macrocarpa K. Schum. traditionally used to manage tumours in Ghana.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2024
• Cytotoxic leuconoxine-type diazaspiroindole alkaloids isolated from Cryptolepis dubia.Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters · 2024
• Phytochemical and Pharmacological Review of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlechter.Advances in pharmacological sciences · 2017
• Novel indoloquinoline alkaloid glycosides from Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schltr.Natural product research · 2024
• Medicinal plants used in the treatment of Malaria: A key emphasis to Artemisia, Cinchona, Cryptolepis, and Tabebuia genera.Phytotherapy research : PTR · 2020

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Periplocoideae

Image

Cryptolepis buchananii (Indian sarsaparilla) W2 IMG 3219.jpg

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