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'''Voacanga africana''' is a small tropical African tree that grows to 6m in height. It has leaves that are up to 30 cm in length, and the tree produces yellow or white flowers, which become berries with yellow seeds.
== Uses =={{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|carious teeth}}, {{Uses|eczema}}, {{Uses|furuncles}}, {{Uses|abscesses}}, {{Uses|filaria}}, {{Uses|fungal infections}}, {{Uses|fatigue}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
== References Chemical Composition==Voacangine, 0.02% Voacamine, 0.44% Vobtusine. bark yielded 1.74% alkaloid, @ 0.2% Voacamine, 0.006% Vobtusine. leaves yielded 0.0009% Voacamine, 0.65% Vobtusine. fruit yielded Voacangine, traces of Voacamine, 0.52% Vobtusine<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Small-Fruit Wild Frangipani }} ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya=== ===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Evergreen Tree}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|opposite|The leaves are about 30 cm are bright, ovoid}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|white or yellow|5-20|Flowers Season is February and April}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit||7–10 mm|Voacanga tends to occur during the summer months between June and September|With hooked hairs|many}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==The plant is not frost resistant, but plants will survive if protected for the first 3 years<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|understorey tree of forest}}, {{Commonly seen|Open woodland or light forest}}, {{Commonly seen|secondary jungle and savannah woodland}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">Voacanga Africana 05.jpg
Voacanga Africana 06.jpg Voacanga africana Feuilles.jpg Botanic garden limbe54.jpg</gallery> ==References== <references><ref name="useschemical composition">[https://www.erowid.org/plants/voacanga_africana/voacanga_africana_info1.shtml Review of "chemical constituents"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://www.covex.com/voacanga-africana/ "plant description"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Voacanga +africana taxonomy, phytochemistry, ethnobotany and pharmacology."Cultivation Details"]</ref>
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== External Links ==* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0367326X99000507 Voacanga africana on science direct]* [http://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Voacanga_africana_(PROTA) Voacanga africana on plantnet-project.org] * [http://entheology.com/plants/vocanga-vocanga/ Voacanga africana on entheology.com]*[https://enwww.wikipediacovex.orgcom/wikivoacanga-africana/Voacanga_africana Voacanga africanaon covex.com]
[[Category:Herbs]]
