Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hydnora africana Thunb. [Aristolochiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bobbejaankos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hydnora africana whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
jackal food	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jakkalskos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kannip	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kauimp	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
namoke	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
t'nau	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|\|xúkxám	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aphyteia africana (Thunb.) Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 801 (1841).
Aphyteia hydnora Ach. Pl. Aphyteia: 10 (1776), nom. superfl.
Hydnora acharii Thunb. ex Hook.f. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 109 (1873).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hydnora africana Thunb.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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