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[自然百科] Why Chimps Eat Dead Wood and Other Plants
Chimpanzees self-medicate, suggests a new study in the journal Physiology & Behavior, which also mentions many of their consumed plants with medicinal properties. Here is the list:
Aneilema aequinoctiale leaves de-wormer
Antiaris toxicaria leaves anti-tumor
Bosqueia phoberos leaves anti-bacterial
Chaetacme aristata bark anti-bacterial
Cordia abyssinica pith anti-malarial, anti-tuberculosis, anti-bacterial
Diospyros abyssinica leaves multiple biological activities
Ficus capensis leaves anti-bacterial and multiple biological activities
Ficus exasperata unripe fruits de-worming agent, reduces stomach acids
Ficus natalensis bark anti-bacterial
Ficus stipulifera leaves anti-malarial, anti-bacterial
Ficus urceolaris /Ficus asperifolia leaves dewormer
Illigera pentaphylla leaves anti-bacterial, anti-malarial
Jasminum abyssinicum leaves de-wormer
Lepisanthes senegalensis leaves anti-malarial
Mimusops bagshawei leaves anti-malarial
Monodora myristica leaves de-wormer, anti-malarial
Myrianthus arboreus leaves anti-malarial
Neoboutonia macrocalyx dead wood many biological properties
Olea welwitschii leaves anti-malarial, other properties
Parinari excelsa leaves numerous biological properties
Phytolacca dodecandra unripe fruits anti-viral, spermicidal and more
Psychotria mahonii root anti-malarial
Pterygota mildbraedii leaves anti-bacterial
Rothmannia urcelliformis leaves anti-bacterial
Rubia cordifolia leaves de-wormer
Solanecio manii pith several biological properties
Teclea nobilis root anti-malarial
Trichilia rubescens leaves anti-bacterial and more
Lead author Shelly Masi of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and her team point out that chimpanzees and other primates learn to consume such plants by copying the eating habits of other older and highly ranked individuals. The chimps may not directly link the consumption with treating a particular illness, but they probably just know that this plant has some value because so-and-so ate it and is doing well.
While some of these plants are also used as medicines by humans, many can be toxic. Antiaris toxicaria, for example, is also utilized as a dart poison.
Therefore, it has to be said that you should not consume these mentioned plants without expert guidance. That's one reasonmedical research is so important. Scientists can isolate the effective medicinal compounds of such plants while removing their more dangerous agents. |
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