Plant Details

Accepted name:: Macaranga capensis (Baill.) Sim [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
umbengele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Macaranga bachmannii Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 525 (1897).
Macaranga inopinata Prain in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 914 (1912).
Macaranga multiglandulosa Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 343 (1914).
Macaranga ruwenzorica Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 322 (1909).
Macaranga usambarica Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 344 (1914).
Mallotus capensis (Baill.) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 189 (1865).
Mappa capensis Baill. Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 155 (1862).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Macaranga bachmannii Pax	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Macaranga capensis (Baill.) Benth. ex Sim	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Macaranga capensis (Baill.) Sim	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Macaranga capensis (Baill.)Sim	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Macaranga inopinata Prain	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Macaranga multiglandulosa Pax & K.Hoffm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Macaranga ruwenzorica Pax	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Macaranga usambarica Pax & K.Hoffm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Mallotus capensis (Baill.)MÃ¼ll.Arg.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Mappa capensis Baill.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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