Pavetta crassipes

Names and Synonyms

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Pavetta utilis
• Pavetta crassipes var. major
• Pavetta barteri

Sources: Wikidata

Taxonomical Classification

This plant, Pavetta crassipes, belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta. Within the class Equisetopsida and subclass Magnoliidae, it is classified under the order Gentianaales. Finally, it is a member of the Rubiaceae family and falls under the genus Pavetta.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Distribution

This plant is primarily found across the region of West Tropical Africa. Specifically, its geographical range includes the nation of Benin. It also occurs within the borders of Burkina Faso. Furthermore, the distribution extends to Ghana and Guinea-Bissau. Finally, the species can be located in the country of Guinea.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Botanical Identification

Life history

The life history of Pavetta crassipes is characterized by its status as a perennial organism, allowing it to persist through multiple growing seasons within its habitat. In terms of its structural growth strategies, the plant exhibits complex life form classifications, functioning as both a phanerophyte, where its elevating shoots maintain buds well above the ground, and a nanophanerophyte, indicating a growth habit where the woody stems are relatively short. This combination of life forms enables the species to maintain a stable presence in its ecological niche over an extended period.

Life form :

nanophanerophyte

Life form :

phanerophyte

Lifecycle :

perennial

Morphology

The morphology of Pavetta crassipes is characterized by its growth form as a woody shrub, displaying a robust and self-supporting structure. Although it can inhabit various moisture regimes, it is primarily categorized as a terrestrial plant, though it may exist within aquatic or semiaquatic environments. As a self-supporting organism, it does not function as a climber or an epiphyte, maintaining a terrestrial existence rather than growing upon other plants. Furthermore, it is an independent species, showing no parasitic tendencies in its life cycle.

Aquatic :

terrestrial

Climber :

self-supporting

Epiphyte :

terrestrial

Growth form :

shrub

Parasite :

independent

Woodiness :

woody

Sources: Global Inventory of Floras and Traits (GIFT)

Plant Parts

Pavetta crassipes has 1 reported plant parts identified across 2 scientific publications and several other databases that are studied for medicinal purposes. The most consistently reported plant part include leaf.

Leaf

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Parasitology research

Activities

Pavetta crassipes has 9 reported activities identified across 2 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antimalarial, Antimicrobial, Antiplasmodial.

Antibacterial

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Antifungal

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Antimalarial

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Antimicrobial

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Antiplasmodial

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Antiproliferative

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Antiprotozoal

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Antitumor

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Cytotoxic

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Conditions

Pavetta crassipes has 3 reported investigations on conditions identified across 2 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported conditions include Plasmodium falciparum, Sickle Cell Disease, Staphylococcus aureus.

Plasmodium falciparum

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Parasitology research
3. Planta medica

Sickle cell disease

1. West African journal of medicine

Staphylococcus aureus

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Preparations

Pavetta crassipes has 7 reported preparations identified across 2 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported preparations include Crude hot water extracts, alkaloid extract, alkaloid leaf extract, dichloromethane extracts of the leaves, extracts.

Crude hot water extracts

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Alkaloid extract

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Alkaloid leaf extract

1. Parasitology research

Dichloromethane extracts of the leaves

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Extracts

1. Planta medica

Methanol and dichloromethane extracts

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Methanolic extract

1. West African journal of medicine