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| − | '''''Uvaria chamae''''', commonly known as '''finger root''' or '''bush banana''' is a climbing large shrub or small tree native to tropical [[West Africa|West]] and [[Central Africa]] where it grows in wet and dry forests and coastal scrublands.<ref name="Bongers2005">{{cite book |editor-last=Bongers |editor-first=F. |editor2=M. P. E. Parren |editor3=D. Traore |title=Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Management|publisher=CAB International|year=2005|isbn=0-85199-914-X}}{{pn|date=February 2018}}</ref><ref name="Iwu1993">{{cite book |authorlink1=Maurice Iwu |last1=Iwu |first1=Maurice M. |title=Handbook of African Medicinal Plants |publisher=CRC Press |year=1993 |isbn=0-8493-4266-X}}{{pn|date=February 2018}}</ref> The common name refers to the fruit growing in its small bunches; the fruit is edible and widely eaten. ''U. chamae'' is a medicinal plant used throughout its range to treat fevers and has [[antibiotic]] properties.<ref name="Iwu1993" /> Among 120 plant species tested the root bark of Uvaria was found to contain the most active compounds against malaria.<ref>http://www.bepls.com/march2012/12.pdf{{full|date=February 2018}}</ref> An extract of Uvaria chamae, administered orally at 300–900 mg/kg/day showed significant antimalarial activity against both early and established infections.<ref name=pmid16989684>{{cite journal |doi=10.1179/136485906X118512 |pmid=16989684 |title=The in-vivo antimalarial activities of ''Uvaria chamae'' and ''Hippocratea africana'' |journal=Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology |volume=100 |issue=7 |pages=585–90 |year=2013 |last1=Okokon |first1=J. E |last2=Ita |first2=B. N |last3=Udokpoh |first3=A. E }}</ref>
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