Zygotritonia bongensis

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Zygotritonia bongensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Zygotritonia
Species:
Z. bongensis
Binomial name
Zygotritonia bongensis
(Pax) Mildbr.
Synonyms

Zygotritonia crocea Stapf

Zygotritonia bongensis is a perennial herb of the Iridaceae family. It is locally known as baka among the Yoruba people of Western Nigeria and it used by their traditional healers to treat diarrhea and dysentery.[1] It is also considered a famine food as corms can be eaten during famine.[2] Other names of the herb include Zygotritonia crocea (stapf).

Morphology[]

Zygotritonia bongensis ranges from 18 - 65 cm tall. A perennial herb, it has underground stems like corms, 15-25 mm in diameter. One to three leaves, lanceolate, plicate with three to six major veins, the largest, usually the lowermost is between 15 - 40 mm wide, the uppermost is longest, ranges 5 - 12 cm long.[3]

Distribution[]

Native to West Tropical Africa, found in Nigeria, Ghana, Chad, Central African Republic, Benin and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Abo, K. A.; Ogunleye, V. O.; Ashidi, J. S. (1999). "Antimicrobial potential of Spondias mombin, Croton zambesicus and Zygotritonia crocea". Phytotherapy Research. 13 (6): 494–497. doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(199909)13:6<494::aid-ptr490>3.0.co;2-9. PMID 10479760. Retrieved 2021-06-22.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Adeniyi, T.; Ajayi, G.; Akinsanya, M.; Jaiyeola, T. M. (2010). "Biochemical changes induced in rats by aqueous and ethanolic corm extracts of Zygotritonia croceae". S2CID 56300910. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  3. ^ a b Goldblatt, P. (1989). "Revision of the tropical African genus Zygotritonia (Iridaceae)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section B,Adansonia, botanique, phytochimie. pp. 199–212. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
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