botanical record · discovered
Ordeal Tree
Erythrophleum suaveolens
Ordeal Tree · Sassy Bark · Forest ordeal tree · Tali · bois rouge · erun · mancône · mmwavi · mwavi · ordeal-tree · ordealtree · red-water-tree · sasswood · sasswoodtree
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Africa, Tanzania, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Ghana, Mozambique
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Anodyne, Astringent, Bite(Snake), Chickenpox
Science studied: 3BETA-ACETOXY-7ALPHA-HYDROXY-N-(2-HYDROXYPHENYL)-N-METHYL-(E)-CASS-13(15)-EN-16-AMIDE, CASSAINE, CASSAMINE, ERYTHROPHLAMINE
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: Erythrophleum suaveolens
Common names: Ordeal Tree, Sassy Bark, Forest ordeal tree, Tali, bois rouge, erun, mancône, mmwavi, mwavi, ordeal-tree, ordealtree, red-water-tree, sasswood, sasswoodtree
History
The source record documents this plant in Africa, Tanzania, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Ghana, Mozambique.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Anodyne
- Astringent
- Bite(Snake)
- Chickenpox
- Colic
- Dropsy
- Dysentery
- Emetic
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- Fatality
- Filariasis
- Gangrene
- Purgative
- Rheumatism
- Skin
- Snuff
- Swelling
- Syncope
- Vermifuge
- Ache(Head)
- Cardiotonic
- Cathartic
- Chest
- Convulsant
- Eye
- Ordeal
- Poison
- Sore
- Sternutatory
- Wound
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Africa
- Tanzania
- Cameroon
- Sierra Leone
- Central African Republic
- Ghana
- Mozambique
Documented cultural uses
- Anodyne
- Astringent
- Bite(Snake)
- Chickenpox
- Colic
- Dropsy
- Dysentery
- Emetic
- Fatality
- Filariasis
- Gangrene
- Purgative
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- Rheumatism
- Skin
- Snuff
- Swelling
- Syncope
- Vermifuge
- Ache(Head)
- Cardiotonic
- Cathartic
- Chest
- Convulsant
- Eye
- Ordeal
- Poison
- Sore
- Sternutatory
- Wound
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- 3BETA-ACETOXY-7ALPHA-HYDROXY-N-(2-HYDROXYPHENYL)-N-METHYL-(E)-CASS-13(15)-EN-16-AMIDE
- CASSAINE
- CASSAMINE
- ERYTHROPHLAMINE
- ERYTHROPHLEINE
- ERYTHROPHLEGUINE
- NORCASSAMIDIDE
- NORCASSAMINE
- CASSAIDINE
- DEHYDRONORERYTHROSUAMINE
- HOMOPHLEINE
- NORERYTHROSUAMINE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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