Plant Details

Accepted name:: Saba comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.) Pichon [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abuna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
abune	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bungo (fruit)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dhangalow	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dimputu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
dongola	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ivungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jobune	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kamachabungwe (fruit)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kilia (makueni)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kiongwa (kitui)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kumuchabungwe (plant)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kyongoa (kitui)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
loguo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mameru (plural)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbungo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mongoa (fruits, kitui)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mpira	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mungo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ndimu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ochon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rwonge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rwongi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Landolphia comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.) K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 402 (1892).
Landolphia cordata (Klotzsch) K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 406 (1892).
Landolphia dubia Lassia Mascarenhasia Landolph. Madagascar: 76 (1927).
Landolphia florida Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 444 (1849).
Landolphia mayottensis Pierre ex Poiss. Rech. Fl. Mérid. Madagascar: 162 (1912).
Pacouria comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.) Roberty Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 15: 1427 (1953).
Pacouria dubia (Lassia) Pichon Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 144 (1948).
Pacouria florida (Benth.) Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 662 (1898).
Saba florida (Benth.) Bullock Kew Bull. 13: 391 (1958 publ. 1959).
Willughbeia cordata Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 283 (1861).
Landolphia comorensis var. florida (Benth.) K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 404 (1892).
Landolphia florida var. comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.) A.Chev. Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 28: 395 (1948).
Landolphia florida var. leiantha Oliv. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 107 (1875).
Saba comorensis var. florida (Benth.) Pichon Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35: 309 (1953).
Vahea comorensis Bojer ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 328 (1844).
Vahea florida (Benth.) F.Muell. Extra-trop. Pl. Indian ed.: 344 (1880).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Landolphia comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.)K.Schum.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Landolphia comorensis Schumann	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Landolphia cordata (Klotzsch)K.Schum.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Landolphia dubia Lassia	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Landolphia florida Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Landolphia mayottensis Pierre ex Poiss.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pacouria comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.)Roberty	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pacouria dubia (Lassia)Pichon	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pacouria florida (Benth.)Hiern	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Saba comorensis	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Saba comorensis (Bojer ex A. DC.) Pichon	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Saba comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.) Pichon	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Saba comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.)Pichon	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Saba florida (Benth.)Bullock	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Saba florida Bullock	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Willughbeia cordata Klotzsch	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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