Thomandersia laurifolia

{{Short description|Species of shrub}}

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|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Ghogue, J.-P. |date=2010 |title=Thomandersia laurifolia |volume=2010 |page=e.T185569A8438204 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T185569A8438204.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

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|genus = Thomandersia

|species = laurifolia

|authority = T.Anderson ex Baill.

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Thomandersia laurifolia is a small tree or shrub native to Central Africa. Some residents where the tree grows use the leaves of the plant for antiparasitic properties and to relieve fevers.{{cite book |editor-last=Wrangham |editor-first=Richard |editor2=W. C. McGrew |editor3=Frans B. M. de Waal |editor4=Paul Heltne | title = Chimpanzee Cultures | publisher = Harvard University Press | date = 1996 | location = USA | pages = 448 | isbn = 978-0-674-11663-4}} The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is known to eat the leaves of the plant, possibly also for pharmaceutical purposes, as the leaves are bitter.