Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bauhinia petersiana Bolle [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bauhinia petersiana whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
mushakula	Other	Prices of Med. Pl. Traded in Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Perlebia petersiana (Bolle) A.Schmitz Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 43: 385 (1973).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bauhinia petersiana Bolle	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Prices of Med. Pl. Traded in Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Bauhinia petersiana Bolle subsp. petersiana	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)

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