Plant Details

Accepted name:: Antidesma membranaceum Müll.Arg. [Phyllanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fitidi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
fitidi ki mfinda	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kifitidi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mziwaziwa	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
pink tassle-berry	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
zala di nkanka	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

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

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

Antidesma meiocarpum J.Léonard Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 260 (1945).
Antidesma membranaceum var. molle Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 68 (1865).
Antidesma membranaceum var. tenuifolium Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 261 (1866).
Antidesma venosum subsp. membranaceum (Müll.Arg.) Lye Lidia 4: 91 (1998).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Antidesma membranaceum	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Antidesma membranaceum Muel.-Arg.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Antidesma membranaceum Mull.Arg.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Antidesma membranaceum Müll.-Arg.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Antidesma membranaceum 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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