Non scientific name details for bitter leaf - Medicinal Plant Names Services

Non-scientific name:

bitter leaf

2 Accepted name(s) for "bitter leaf":

Accepted name
Vernonia colorata (Willd.) Drake
Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch.Bip.

6 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Drug form:	Plant parts:
Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)	Vernonia colorata (Willd.) Drake	Vernonia colorata (Willd.) Drake	Vernonia colorata (Willd.) Drake		Leaves, Roots
African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)	Vernonia colorata Drake	Vernonia colorata (Willd.) Drake	Vernonia colorata (Willd.) Drake		leaf
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)	Vernonia amygdalina Del.	Vernonia amygdalina Delile	Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch.Bip.		leaf, stem bark
Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)	Vernonia amygdalina Del.	Vernonia amygdalina Delile	Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch.Bip.	fresh or dried leaves	leaf
Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)	Vernonia amygdalina Del.	Vernonia amygdalina Delile	Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch.Bip.	fresh or dried leaves	leaf
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)	Vernonia amygdalina Del.	Vernonia amygdalina Delile	Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch.Bip.
African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)	Vernonia amygdalina Delile	Vernonia amygdalina Delile	Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch.Bip.		leaf, twig, root
Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)	Vernonia amygdalina Delile	Vernonia amygdalina Delile	Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch.Bip.		Leaves, Roots
Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009)	Vernonia amygdalina Del.	Vernonia amygdalina Delile	Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch.Bip.	fresh leaves	leaves

71 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "bitter leaf":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
abovi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
abowi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
agba	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
agoaflu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
akpa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
akpa gbo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
alomagbo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
amanvivè	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
aovi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
avenya	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
awonwene	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
awonwone	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
ayeanwonle	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
bantara bururé	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
bieningira	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
bowen	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bowene	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
cheburiandet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chichilusa	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dakuna	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
e jije	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ekibirizi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
ewuro	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
gboti	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
gbotsi	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
goo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
kayakaya	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kibirizi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ko safoune	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
ko-safandé	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
ko-safi na	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
kossa fi na	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
kossa fina	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
krepi agbo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
labori	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
labwore	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lubiriizi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lugon	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
luluza	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matoulou	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
mponasere	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mubiriizi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mubirizi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muburizi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
mululuza	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
munkankali	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
musikavakadzi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
musuritsa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muuluza	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ndumburghai	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ndumburghat	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
njenyani	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ok	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
okelo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olugbu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
olumulusya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olusia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omororia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omubirizi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omululisi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omululusa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omulusya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
onugbu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
oriwo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
shiwaka	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
siwakewai	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
tatsho	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
todzo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
tree veronica	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tuntwano	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
zidor	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)