Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mallotus oppositifolius (Geiseler) Müll.Arg. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arbre de kisse kisse	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
eja	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kafar	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kamala	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mchacha	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mgendahamwe	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mtundutundu	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
okpokirinya	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, fruit		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acalypha dentata Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 410 (1827).
Claoxylon cordifolium Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 506 (1849).
Croton oppositifolius Geiseler Croton. Monogr.: 23 (1807).
Echinus oppositifolius (Geiseler) Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 978 (1891).
Mallotus beillei A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 307 (1928), nom. illeg.
Mallotus chevalieri Beille Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 76 (1908).
Mallotus oppositifolius f. dentatus (Schumach. & Thonn.) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 159 (1914).
Mallotus oppositifolius var. genuinus Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 194 (1865), not validly publ.
Mallotus oppositifolius var. glabratus Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 194 (1865).
Mallotus oppositifolius f. glabratus (Müll.Arg.) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 160 (1914).
Mallotus oppositifolius var. integrifolius Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 195 (1865).
Mallotus oppositifolius f. lindicus Radcl.-Sm. Kew Bull. 29: 437 (1974).
Mallotus oppositifolius var. lindicus (Radcl.-Sm.) Radcl.-Sm. Kew Bull. 39: 790 (1984).
Mallotus oppositifolius f. polycytotrichus Radcl.-Sm. Kew Bull. 40: 658 (1985).
Mallotus oppositifolius var. pubescens Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 525 (1897).
Mallotus oppositifolius f. pubescens (Pax) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 160 (1914).
Rottlera dentata Baill. Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 69 (1860).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mallotus opositifolius Geisel. Muell. Arg.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Mallotus oppositifolia Muell.-Arg.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mallotus oppositifolius (Geisel.) Mull.Arg.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Mallotus oppositifolius (Geisel.) Müll.-Arg.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Mallotus oppositifolius (Geiseler) Müll.Arg.	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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