Dalbergia nitidula

At a glance

Origin / distribution: Africa

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Fatality

Science studied: GENISTEIN-6,8-DI-C-GLUCOSIDE, GENISTEIN-8-C-GLYCOSIDE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Fabaceae

Scientific name: Dalbergia nitidula

Common names: Glossy Flat-Bean, Glossy Flatbean, Purple-Wood Flat-Bean, Purple-Wooded Dalbergia, Purple-Wooded Flatbean, Purplewood, blink-platboontjie, blinkplatboontjie, chibumbu, kalongo, kalongwe, mathibathibane, muhonga ndumba, mukonkoto, musese, musinḓe, muygui, pershout-platboontjie, pershoutplatboontjie

POWO: 490361-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

The source record documents this plant in Africa.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

• Fatality

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

• Africa

Documented cultural uses

• Fatality

Cultural record detail

These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.

• Fatality · Africa · "

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

• An isoflavanoid-neoflavonoid and an O-methylated isoflavone from the heartwood of Dalbergia nitidula. · 2002 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• GENISTEIN-6,8-DI-C-GLUCOSIDE
• GENISTEIN-8-C-GLYCOSIDE

Legality

CITES: Appendix II

II — GENUS listing Dalbergia spp. — 26/11/2019

Jurisdictions in the listing: Angola (AO), Burundi (BI), Democratic Republic of the Congo (CD), Malawi (MW), Mozambique (MZ), Rwanda (RW), South Africa (ZA), Uganda (UG), United Republic of Tanzania (TZ), Zambia (ZM), Zimbabwe (ZW)

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Reference images

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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