Ximenia

Ximenia

Taxobox


image_caption = "Ximenia americana" leaves & fruit at Chilkur near Hyderabad, India.
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Santalales
familia = Olacaceae
genus = "Ximenia"

"Ximenia" is a genus of plant in family Olacaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
* "Ximenia roigii", León
* "Ximenia aculeat"
* "Ximenia aegyptiaca"
* "Ximenia americana"

Ximenia americana is being investigated by researchers from Nigeria's Ahamadu Bello University because in animal tests, it is showing promise against the parasite that causes sleeping sickness and severe anaemia in livestock in many parts of Africa. [See this open-access journal: http://www.academicjournals.org/JMPR/PDF/pdf2008/March/Maikai%20et%20al.pdf]

Gallery of "Ximenia americana"

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  • ximenia — ximénie [ gzimeni; ksi ] n. f. • 1765; de Ximénès, n. d un missionnaire espagnol ♦ Bot. Petit arbre des régions tropicales (olacacées), dont les fruits sont appelés pommes ou citrons de mer. On emploie aussi le mot sc. XIMENIA n. m. ● ximenia nom …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Ximenia — ID 89222 Symbol Key XIMEN Common Name ximenia Family Olacaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution FL, PR, VI Growth Habit N/A …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Ximenia L. — Symbol XIMEN Common Name ximenia Botanical Family Olacaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Ximenia roigii — ? Ximenia roigii Научная классификация Царство: Растения Отдел: Покрытосеменные Класс: Двудольные …   Википедия

  • XIMENIA AMERICANA L. - КСИМЕНИЯ АМЕРИКАНСКАЯ — см. 263. Дерево. X. americana L. К. американская Sp. pl. (1753) 1193. Corrẽa I (1926) 90, f. Burkill (1935) 2272. Dalziel (1937) 295. Watt a. Breyer (1962) 903. S у n. Heymassoli spinosa AubL; X. spinosa Salisb.; X. elliptica Forst.; X.… …   Справочник растений

  • Ximenia americana —   Ximenia americana …   Wikipedia Español

  • Ximenia roigii — Taxobox status = VU | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Santalales familia = Olacaceae genus = Ximenia species = X. roigii binomial = Ximenia roigii binomial authority = León synonyms …   Wikipedia

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