Plant Details

Accepted name:: Strophanthus kombe Oliv. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
giftou	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kombe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kombe arrow poison	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kombe arrow-poison	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kombestrofant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kombi	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mchoki	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
msongolobo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mtowe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ntsulu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
poison rope	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
poison vine	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ssongolobo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
strophanthi semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
strophanthus	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
strophanthus seed	Other	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
strophantus	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ulo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
unssulo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uturu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wtowe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
zambezi tail flower	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
seed	dry ripe seed	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed, pappus hairs removed		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Strophanthus kombe	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Strophanthus kombe Oliv.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Strophanthus kombe Oliver	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Strophanthus kombe Oliver.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Strophanthus kombé Oliver	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Strophanthus kombé Olivier	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Strophantus kombe Oliver	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)

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