Warburgia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Canellaceae described in 1895.Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf. 1895. Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas C: 276 It was named for the German botanist Otto Warburg.PlantZAfrica.com: Warburgia salutaris It is native to eastern and southern Africa.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
All four species have medicinal uses. Extracts of Warburgia ugandensis have been reported to show some antimalarial properties in animal models.Medicinal plants on verge of extinction - environment - 10 January 2009 - New Scientist
Species Warburgia elongata Verdc. - Tanzania Warburgia salutaris (Bertol.f.) Chiov. - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal Warburgia stuhlmannii Engl. - Tanzania, Kenya Warburgia ugandensis Sprague - Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zaire, Ethiopia to Malawi
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