African cherry orange

African cherry orange
African cherry orange
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Citropsis
Species: C. articulata
Binomial name
Citropsis articulata
(Willd. ex Spreng.) Swingle & Kellerm.
Synonyms

Citropsis schweinfurthii Engl.

The African cherry orange, Citropsis articulata[1], also known as the West African cherry orange or Uganda cherry orange (locally as omuboro) is a small citrus fruit about the size of a tangerine. The plant is endemic to Central and Western Africa, and used primarily for eating and in African traditional herbal medicine.[2]

In Uganda, an infusion made of the grounded root of the omuboro, drunk once a day for three days is considered to be a powerful aphrodisiac for men only. Science has not investigated the veracity of this belief. Conservationists in Uganda are concerned that demand for the plant threatens the survival of this species' genetic diversity in that country. [3]

External links

References

  1. ^ Plant Gene Resources of Canada: Taxon: Citropsis articulata
  2. ^ Maud Kamatenesi-Mugisha and Hannington Oryem-Origa (2005). "Traditional herbal remedies used in the management of sexual impotence and erectile dysfunction in western Uganda". African Health Sciences 5 (1): 40–49. PMC 1831906. PMID 15843130. http://www.ajol.info/viewarticle.php?id=20545&jid=45&layout=abstract. 
  3. ^ BBC: Uganda's 'sex tree' under threat

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