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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Voacanga africana''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Voacanga]]''
| species = '''''V. africana'''''
| binomial = ''Voacanga africana''
| binomial_authority = ([[Scott-Elliot]]) [[Otto Stapf|Stapf]]
}}
'''''Voacanga africana''''' is a small tropical [[Africa]]n tree that grows to 6m in height. It has leaves that are up to 30 [[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 ''Voacanga africana'' 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.
== See also ==
* [http://www.voacanga-africana.com.gh Voacanga Africana seeds]
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[[Category:Apocynaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Voacanga africana''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Voacanga]]''
| species = '''''V. africana'''''
| binomial = ''Voacanga africana''
| binomial_authority = ([[Scott-Elliot]]) [[Otto Stapf|Stapf]]
}}
'''''Voacanga africana''''' is a small tropical [[Africa]]n tree that grows to 6m in height. It has leaves that are up to 30 [[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 ''Voacanga africana'' 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.
== See also ==
* [http://www.voacanga-africana.com.gh Voacanga Africana seeds]
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[[Category:Apocynaceae]]
