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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = African cherry orange<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | subclassis = [[Rosidae]]<br /> | ordo = [[Sapindales]]<br /> | familia = [[Rutaceae]]<br /> | genus = &#039;&#039;[[Citropsis]]&#039;&#039;<br /> | species = &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;C. schweinfurthii&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | binomial = &#039;&#039;Citropsis schweinfurthii&#039;&#039;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;African cherry orange&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;Citropsis schweinfurthii&#039;&#039; ([[Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler|Engl.]]), also known as the &#039;&#039;&#039;West African cherry orange&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;Citropsis articulata&#039;&#039; ([[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]])[http://pgrc3.agr.ca/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?10672] or &#039;&#039;&#039;Uganda cherry orange&#039;&#039;&#039; (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 medicine|traditional]] [[herbal medicine]] [http://www.ajol.info/viewarticle.php?id=20545&amp;jid=45&amp;layout=abstract].<br /> <br /> 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&#039; genetic diversity in that country. &lt;ref name=root&gt;[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6915509.stm BBC: Uganda&#039;s &#039;sex tree&#039; under threat] &lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == External Links ==<br /> <br /> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6915509.stm BBC Article on Omuboro]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [http://aphrodisiology.com/aphrodisiac-citrus-root Omuboro page at Aphrodisiology]&lt;br&gt;<br /> [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2809200.ece Article on overharvesting]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Sapindales]]<br /> {{fruit-stub}}</div>

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