Plant Details

Accepted name:: Balanites angolensis (Welw.) Mildbr. & Schltr. [Zygophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Balanites angolensis subsp. angolensis

Balanites angolensis subsp. welwitschii (Tiegh.) Sands

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
angola green-thorn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omumbamenye	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omungodwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omupanyoka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omuse-panyoka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omutunga-mbara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omutungambara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omuyere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omuyumbamenye	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omuzepa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agiella angolensis (Welw.) Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 4: 247 (1906).
Balanites aegyptiaca var. angolensis Welw. Ann. Conselho Ultram.: 585 (1859).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Balanites angolensis (Welw.) Mildbr. & Schltr.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Balanites angolensis (Welw.)Welw. ex Mildbr. & Schltr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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