Plant Details

Accepted name:

Tabernanthe iboga Baill. [Apocynaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitter grass	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
bitter-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bois amer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
bois sacré	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
dibughi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
dihoa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
eboka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
eraga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
iboga	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ibogo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
leaf of god	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
leaf-of-god	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
lihoka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ochima	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sacred wood	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
sacredwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
éboga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
root, stem bark		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

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

synonym
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 Baill	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Tabernanthe iboga Baill.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. Trop. Africa (Schmelzer et al., 2008) 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. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)

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