Caloncoba glauca

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NAME: Caloncoba glauca

FAMILY: Flacourtiaceae

COMMON NAMES: Caloncoba

LOCAL NAMES: Kakandika, pomuseghe

MORPHOLOGY DESCRIPTION: A small tree about 15 m tall native to rainforests in western Tropical Africa with a spreading crown of simple leaves and attractive, white and orange flowers followed by edible fruits.

USEFUL PART(s): Seeds, root, bark, leaf

GENERAL USES:

  • Medicinal purpose

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION

  • Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Cote d’ivoire

WHY IS IT GREEN?

  • Leprosy

  • skin lesions

  • pustular skin eruptions

  • migraines

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

  • Though the fruit is edible the seed can be poisonous to animals

FUN FACTS

  • In Congo (Brazzaville) leaf-sap is put on the temples to relieve migraine

FURTHER READINGS

Mpetga, J. D. S., Tene, M., Wabo, H. K., Li, S. F., Kong, L. M., He, H. P., Hao, X. J., & Tane, P. (2012). Cytotoxic cycloartanes from the fruits of Caloncoba glauca. Phytochemistry Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytol.2011.12.006

Simo Mpetga, J. D., He, H. P., Hao, X. J., Leng, Y., & Tane, P. (2014). Further cycloartane and friedelane triterpenoids from the leaves of Caloncoba glauca. Phytochemistry Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytol.2013.09.015