Terminalia avicennioides

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|genus = Terminalia

|species = avicennioides

|authority = Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 277. t. 64 (1832)[http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=694 Terminalia avicennioides on www.ville-ge.ch]

|synonyms = Terminalia avicennoides

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Terminalia avicennioides ({{langx|bm|Wolobugun}}) is a tree species in the genus Terminalia found in West Africa.

Castalagin{{cite journal |vauthors=Shuaibu MN, Pandey K, Wuyep PA, etal |title=Castalagin from Anogeissus leiocarpus mediates the killing of Leishmania in vitro |journal=Parasitology Research |volume=103 |issue=6 |pages=1333–8 |date=November 2008 |pmid=18690475 |doi=10.1007/s00436-008-1137-7|s2cid=37480828 }} and flavogallonic acid dilactoneThe use of microfluorometric method for activity-guided isolation of antiplasmodial compound from plant extracts. M. N. Shuaibu, P. A. Wuyep, T. Yanagi, K. Hirayama, T. Tanaka and I. Kouno, Parasitol Res (2008) 102, pp. 1119–1127, {{doi|10.1007/s00436-008-0879-6}} are hydrolysable tannins found in T. avicennoides.

See also

  • Bògòlanfini, a handmade Malian cotton fabric dyed yellow in wool solution, made from the leaves of T. avicennoides

References

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