Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rumex abyssinicus Jacq. [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
igifumba	Other	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
spinach rhubarb	Other	Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, leaf		Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acetosa abyssinica (Jacq.) Á.Löve & B.M.Kapoor Taxon 16: 520 (1967).
Rumex abyssinicus var. angustisectus Engl. Abh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Phys.-Math. Cl. 1891(2): 203 (1892).
Rumex abyssinicus var. bogoroensis De Wild. Pl. Bequaert. 5: 1 (1929).
Rumex abyssinicus var. calystegiifolius Rech.f. Bot. Not. Suppl. 3(2): 35 (1954).
Rumex abyssinicus var. kilimandschari Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika: 203 (1892).
Rumex abyssinicus var. mannii Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika: 203 (1892).
Rumex abyssinicus var. retrorsilobatus Rech.f. Bot. Not. Suppl. 3(2): 36 (1954).
Rumex abyssinicus var. schimperi (Meisn.) Asch. in G.A.Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 17 (1867).
Rumex arifolius Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 487 (1789), nom. illeg.
Rumex arifolius L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 212 (1782), nom. superfl.
Rumex hastatus Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 18 (1932), nom. illeg.
Rumex schimperi Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 67 (1856).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rumex abyssinicus	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.	Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rumex abyssinicus Jacquin	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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