Warburgia Explained

Warburgia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Canellaceae described in 1895.^[1] It was named for the German botanist Otto Warburg.^[2] It is native to eastern and southern Africa.^[3]

All four species have medicinal uses.^[4] Extracts of Warburgia ugandensis have been reported to show some antimalarial properties in animal models.^{[5] [6]}

Species^[3]

1. Warburgia elongata Verdc. - Tanzania
2. Warburgia salutaris (Bertol.f.) Chiov. - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal
3. Warburgia stuhlmannii Engl. - Tanzania, Kenya
4. Warburgia ugandensis Sprague - Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Ethiopia to Malawi

Notes and References

1. Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1895. Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas C: 276
2. http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantwxyz/warburg.htm PlantZAfrica.com: Warburgia salutaris
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=378721 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Muchugi . A. . etal . 2008 . Genetic structuring of important medicinal species of genus Warburgia as revealed by AFLP analysis . Tree Genetics & Genomes . 4 . 4. 787–795 . 10.1007/s11295-008-0151-3. 19621449 .
5. 20435133 . 2010 . Were . PS . Kinyanjui . P . Gicheru . MM . Mwangi . E . Ozwara . HS . Prophylactic and curative activities of extracts from Warburgia ugandensis Sprague (Canellaceae) and Zanthoxylum usambarense (Engl.) Kokwaro (Rutaceae) against Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium berghei . 130 . 1 . 158–62 . 10.1016/j.jep.2010.04.034 . Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
6. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126903.200-medicinal-plants-on-verge-of-extinction.html Medicinal plants on verge of extinction - environment - 10 January 2009 - New Scientist