- Source: Bobgunnia madagascariensis
Bobgunnia madagascariensis (Bambara: samagara), also called the snake bean plant, is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. Sometimes sold as "Pau Rosa", along with Bobgunnia fistuloides.
Description
Bobgunnia madagascariensis is a small deciduous tree, 3–4 m tall. The plant has large pods that turn dark when ripe.
Ecology
The larvae of Abantis zambesiaca feed on B. madagascariensis.
Toxicity
Bobgunnia madagascarensis is toxic.
= Applications
=Poison composed of the roasted seeds of Bobgunnia madagascariensis and innards of the beetle Diamphidia nigroornata is applied to the arrows of the Bushmen. Seeds, fruits and stem bark are also used in fishing by poisoning in Africa.
Chemistry
The methanolic extract of the fruit of B. madagascariensis contains a saponin tetraglycoside.
The root bark of B. madagascariensis contains quinone methide diterpenes.
The seed pod contains two acidic saponins, swartziasaponin A and B and swartziagenin, a mixture of oleanolic and O-acetyloleanolic acid. The pod methanolic extract yields highly glycosylated flavonoids (glycosides of kaempferol and quercetin).
The crude chloroform and methanol extracts of the stem bark of the plant show strong feeding deterrent activity against stored-product insect pest of maize Tribolium castaneum with the two compounds, methyl paraben and lupeol, being identified in these extracts.
Other compounds in B. madagascariensis are (−)-maackiain, (−)-medicarpin, gypsogenin 3-O-rhamnosylglucuronide, (−)-homopterocarpin, pterocarpin, 4-methoxymedicarpin, 4-methoxymaackiain, 4-methoxyhomopterocarpin, 4-methoxypterocarpin, anhydrovariabilin and coumestrol dimethyl ether.
References
External links
Media related to B. madagascariensis at Wikimedia Commons
Bobgunnia madagascariensis in West African plants – A Photo Guide.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Fabaceae
- Bobgunnia madagascariensis
- Bobgunnia
- Rosewood
- Bobgunnia fistuloides
- Snake bean
- List of plants of Burkina Faso
- List of Fabales of South Africa
- List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes
- List of least concern plants
