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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = &#039;&#039;Voacanga africana&#039;&#039;<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Gentianales]]<br /> | familia = [[Apocynaceae]]<br /> | genus = &#039;&#039;[[Voacanga]]&#039;&#039;<br /> | species = &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;V. africana&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | binomial = &#039;&#039;Voacanga africana&#039;&#039;<br /> | binomial_authority = ([[Scott-Elliot]]) [[Otto Stapf|Stapf]] <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Voacanga africana&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; is a small tropical [[Africa]]n tree that grows to 6m in height. It has leaves that are up to 30&amp;nbsp;[[centimetre|cm]] in length, and the tree produces yellow or white flowers, which become berries with yellow seeds. The bark and seeds of the tree are used in [[Ghana]] as a [[poison]], [[stimulant]], [[aphrodisiac]], and ceremonial [[psychedelic]]. These effects are due to the presence of a complex mixture of [[ibogaine|iboga alkaloid]]s such as [[voacangine]], [[vocamine]], [[vobtusine]], [[amataine]], [[akuammidine]], [[tabersonine]], [[coronaridine]] and [[vobtusine]]. A number of these compounds have pharmaceutical uses. [http://www.erowid.org/plants/voacanga_africana/voacanga_africana_info1.shtml] Of particular pharmaceutical interest is [[voacangine]], which is a common precursor in the semi-synthesis of the anti-addiction medication [[ibogaine]]. Small amounts of ibogaine are found in &#039;&#039;Voacanga africana&#039;&#039; but not in sufficient quantity to have much medicinal effects, although other alkaloids from the plant such as coronaridine and voacangine may have a weak anti-addictive effect in their own right.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [http://www.voacanga-africana.com.gh Voacanga Africana seeds]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{tree-stub}}<br /> {{asterid-stub}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Apocynaceae]]</div>

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