Alchornea cordifolia

Alchornea cordifolia is a shrub or small tree distributed throughout tropical Africa. The plant is used in traditional African medicine.[2]

Alchornea cordifolia

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Alchornea
Species:
A. cordifolia
Binomial name
Alchornea cordifolia
Synonyms

Schousboea cordifolia
Alchornea cordata

Chemical constituents

The leaves, roots and stem bark contain terpenoids, steroid glycosides, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, carbohydrates and the imidazopyrimidine alkaloids alchorneine, alchornidine, and several guanidine alkaloids. The leaves also contain a range of hydroxybenzoic acids: gallic acid and its ethyl ester, gentisic acid, anthranilic acid, protocatechuic acid, and ellagic acid (alizarine yellow). A C20 homolog of vernolic acid named alchornoic acid can be found in the seed oil.[2]

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References
  1. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Alchornea cordifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T144311802A149014022. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. "prota.org". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2013-06-03.


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