Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tragia brevipes Pax [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chavi	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
climbing nettle	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
isusa	Other	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
weni	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)

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

Tragia velutina Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 104 (1894).
Tragia volkensii Pax in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 240 (1895).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tragia brevipes Pax	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986) 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)
Tragia brevipes Pax.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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