Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ampelocissus africana (Lour.) Merr. [Vitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Ampelocissus africana var. africana

Ampelocissus africana var. migeodii Verdc.

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ampelopsis africana (Lour.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 219 (1840).
Ampelopsis botria DC. Prodr. 1: 633 (1824), nom. superfl.
Botria africana Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 154 (1790).
Cissus botria Peterm. Pflanzenreich: 636 (1845), nom. superfl.
Vitis africara (Lour.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 778 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ampelocissus africana	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Ampelocissus africana (Lour.) Merr.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ampelocissus africanus (Lour.) Merr.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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