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Ximenia is a genus of plant in family Olacaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
- Ximenia roigii, León
- Ximenia aculeat
- Ximenia aegyptiaca
- Ximenia americana
Ximenia americana is being investigated by researchers from Nigeria's Ahamadu Bello University because in animal tests, it is showing promise against the parasite that causes sleeping sickness and severe anaemia in livestock in many parts of Africa. See this open-access journal http://www.academicjournals.org/JMPR/PDF/pdf2008/March/Maikai et al.pdf
