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Parasiticide

Bark extracts are taken, or added to a bath, in order to treat coughs, fevers, headache, epilepsy, filariasis, and as an abortifacient[299 ]. The dried and pulverized bark, with salt added, is rubbed into scarifications as a treatment against hernia[299 ]. The seed oil is used as an abortifacient[299 ]. Several diterpenoids and triterpenoids have been isolated from the bark and seeds[299 ]. Stem bark extracts, and some of the isolated diterpenoids, exhibited significant antimicrobial activities against the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformansand the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus[299 ]. Alkaloids have also been isolated from the stem bark[299 ]. Bark extracts showed some activity against the storage pest beetles Callosobruchus maculatusand Sitophilus zeamais[299 ]. A labdane diterpenoid isolated from the bark exhibited in-vitro anti-plasmodial activity against a chloroquine resistant strain of Plasmodium falciparum[299 ]. An ent-labdane isolated from the seeds showed in vitro cytotoxic effects on cancer cell lines[299 ].

Charcoal  Fuel  Furniture  Parasiticide  Wood

Other Uses: The heartwood is creamy white to pale yellow, darkening to golden yellow upon exposure to light; it is indistinctly demarcated from the 5 - 6cm wide band of sapwood. The grain is straight to interlocked; texture fine and even; the wood distinctly lustrous, with a silky shine; quartersawn surfaces often have an attractive mottled figure. The wood is medium weight; soft; it is not durable, being susceptible to fungal, dry-wood borer, termite and marine borer attacks. With some care, it air dries fairly easily and rapidly, but there is a serious risk of distortion and slight risk of checking. The wood saws and works well with ordinary equipment and with only slight dulling effects on saw teeth and cutting edges; tearing may occur in planing because of the presence of interlocked grain; it can be polished to an excellent finish; splitting is common during nailing and screwing, and pre-boring is recommended; gluing, painting and varnishing properties are all good, but the bending properties are poor. Sliced veneer of excellent quality can be produced, but the logs are often too irregular to produce good results in peeling[299 , 848 ]. A valuable and decorative wood, it is used for a range of purposes including high-quality furniture, cabinet making, decorative carpentry, moulding and panelling, musical instruments, and for sliced veneer. It is suitable for light construction, flooring, ship building, vehicle bodies, toys, novelties, boxes, crates, vats, turnery, hardboard, particle board and pulpwood for paper roduction[299 ]. The wood is used for fuel and for charcoal production[299 ]. The whitish wood is light and easy to work[46 ]. It is used for general carpentry and the interior finishes of houses[46 ].

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