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Ophrypetalum odoratum
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Ophrypetalum is a genus of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Kenya and Tanzania. It contains a single species, Ophrypetalum odoratum. Ludwig Diels, the German botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the perfumed odor of its flowers. Bioactive molecules isolated from its roots and leaves have been reported to have antifungal activity in tests with Candida albicans.
- Family
- Annonaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ophrypetalum odoratum
- Slug
- ophrypetalum-odoratum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Genus
- Ophrypetalum
- Species
- odoratum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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