''Zollernia'' is a genus of the family
native to
Central
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
and
South America
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. ''Zollernia'' are trees or shrubs that flower annually.
Leaves of ''Zollernia ilicifolia'' are used medicinally as an
analgesic
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and
antiulcerogenic by the peoples of the
Brazil
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ian Tropical Atlantic
Rainforest
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.
References
Exostyleae
Fabaceae genera
Flora of Central America
Flora of South America
Flora of Brazil
Flora of the Atlantic Forest
Medicinal plants of South America
Taxa named by Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied
Trees of Central America
Trees of South America
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