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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = African cherry orange
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Rosidae]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Rutaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Citropsis]]''
| species = '''''C. schweinfurthii'''''
| binomial = ''Citropsis schweinfurthii''
}}

The '''African cherry orange''' ''Citropsis  schweinfurthii'' ([[Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler|Engl.]]), also known as the '''West African cherry orange''' ''Citropsis articulata'' ([[Carl Ludwig Willdenow|Willd.]])[http://pgrc3.agr.ca/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?10672] or '''Uganda cherry orange''' (locally as omuboro) is a small [[citrus]] [[fruit]] about the size of a [[tangerine]]. The plant is endemic to Central and Western [[Africa]], and used primarily for eating and in African [[traditional medicine|traditional]] [[herbal medicine]] [http://www.ajol.info/viewarticle.php?id=20545&jid=45&layout=abstract].

In Uganda, an infusion made of the grounded root of the omuboro, drunk once a day for three days is considered to be a powerful aphrodisiac for men only.  Science has not investigated the veracity of this belief. Conservationists in Uganda are concerned that demand for the plant threatens the survival of this species' genetic diversity in that country. <ref name=root>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6915509.stm BBC: Uganda's 'sex tree' under threat] </ref>

== External Links ==

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6915509.stm BBC Article on Omuboro]<br>
[http://aphrodisiology.com/aphrodisiac-citrus-root Omuboro page at Aphrodisiology]<br>
[http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2809200.ece Article on overharvesting]

== References ==
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[[Category:Sapindales]]
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