Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tabernanthe iboga Baill. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitter grass	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
bitter-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bois amer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
bois sacré	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
dibughi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
dihoa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
eboka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
eraga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
graines de bois sacree	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
iboga	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ibogo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
leaf of god	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
leaf-of-god	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lihoka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ochima	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sacred wood	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sacredwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
éboga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
fruit		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
root, stem bark		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Iboga vateriana Braun-Blanq. & K.Schum Mitt. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. 2: 157 (1889).
Tabernanthe albiflora Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1898: 305 (1898).
Tabernanthe bocca Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 122 (1902).
Tabernanthe mannii Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 123 (1902).
Tabernanthe pubescens Pichon Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 25: 637 (1954).
Tabernanthe subsessilis Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 123 (1902).
Tabernanthe tenuiflora Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1898: 305 (1898).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tabernanthe iboga	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Tabernanthe iboga Baill	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Tabernanthe iboga Baill.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tabernanthe iboga H.Bn.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Tabernanthe iboga Stapf	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

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