Taxon: Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f.

Summary

Genus:

Clausena

Section:

Axillanthus

Family:

Rutaceae

Subfamily:

Aurantioideae

Tribe:

Clauseneae

Nomen number:

10807

Place of publication:

J. D. Hooker & G. Bentham in W. J. Hooker, Niger Fl. 256. 1849 "Claussena"

Comment:

authorship verified from original literature

Verified:

08/30/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

2 (1 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. var. anisata (0 active accession[s])
Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. var. paucijuga (Kurz) Molino (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937-. Conspectus florae angolensis.
Cufodontis, G. 1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Molino, J.-F. 1994. Révision du genre Clausena Burm. f. (Rutaceae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 16:128-132.
Palmer, E. & N. Pitman. 1972-1973. Trees of southern Africa.
Pavela, R. et al. 2018. Clausena anisata and Dysohania ambrosioides essential oils: from ethno-medicine to modern uses as effective insecticides. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 25:10493-10503. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0267-9. Note: fresh or burned leaves are used as insect repellent in parts of Africa and the Philippines; this study found that essential oils of Clausena anisata were effective against larvae of mosquitoes, even at lower concentrations
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Oliv.
Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
Swingle, W. T. & P. C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives.
Troupin, G. 1978-. Flore du Rwanda.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Benth.
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:88.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	horsewood			1	Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:88.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya			Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Benth.
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania			Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Benth.
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda			Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Benth.
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Angola
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi			Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique			Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia			Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe			Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini			Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Eastern Cape		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Free State		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Limpopo		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Mpumalanga		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Western Cape		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Benin
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Côte D'Ivoire
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Rwanda
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China		s.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bangladesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Andhra Pradesh		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Assam		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Karnataka		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Kerala		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Meghalaya		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Mizoram		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Nagaland		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Sikkim		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Tamil Nadu		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Tripura		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	West Bengal		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Sri Lanka
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape]

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China (s.)

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India [Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal, Karnataka, Mizoram], Sri Lanka, Nepal
INDO-CHINA: Myanmar

Reference(s)

Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: lists as Clausena anisata (Willd.) Benth.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Materials	essential oils	potential	Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:88.
Materials	essential oils	potential for insect control	Pavela, R. et al. 2018. Clausena anisata and Dysohania ambrosioides essential oils: from ethno-medicine to modern uses as effective insecticides. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 25:10493-10503. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0267-9. Note: fresh or burned leaves are used as insect repellent in parts of Africa and the Philippines; this study found that essential oils of Clausena anisata were effective against larvae of mosquitoes, even at lower concentrations
Materials	wood		Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:88.
Non-vertebrate poisons	disease vector control	potential	Pavela, R. et al. 2018. Clausena anisata and Dysohania ambrosioides essential oils: from ethno-medicine to modern uses as effective insecticides. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 25:10493-10503. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0267-9. Note: fresh or burned leaves are used as insect repellent in parts of Africa and the Philippines; this study found that essential oils of Clausena anisata were effective against larvae of mosquitoes, even at lower concentrations

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10807. Accessed 12 May 2026.