Plant Details

Accepted name:: Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Heteromorpha arborescens var. arborescens

Heteromorpha arborescens var. collina (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond.

Heteromorpha arborescens var. frutescens P.J.D.Winter

Heteromorpha arborescens var. abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) H.Wolff

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mkatlala	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
parsley tree	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Stems		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bupleurum arborescens Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 50 (1794), nom. illeg.
Buprestis arborescens Spreng. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 6: 259 (1812).
Franchetella arborescens (Spreng.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 267 (1891).
Tenoria arborescens (Spreng.) Spreng. Neue Schriften Naturf. Ges. Halle 2: 32 (1813).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schlechtd.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Heteromorpha arborescens (Thunb.)Schltdl. & Cham.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Heteromorpha arborescens Chamisson et Schlechtendhal	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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