Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lepidium africanum (Burm.f.) DC. [Brassicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african pepperwort	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
cape peppercress	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
peperbos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pepperweed	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lepidium africanum subsp. divaricatum (Aiton) Jonsell Bot. Not. 128: 41 (1975).
Lepidium divaricatum Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 375 (1789).
Lepidium linoides Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 107 (1800).
Lepidium africanum var. aethiopicum (Hiern) Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51(1): 187 (1906).
Lepidium ambiguum F.Muell. Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 34 (1855).
Lepidium capense Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 6 (1835), nom. illeg.
Lepidium divaricatum subsp. linoides (Thunb.) Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 167 (1906).
Lepidium divaricatum var. subdentatum (Burch. ex DC.) Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 28 (1859).
Lepidium dubium Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(Abh. 1): 311 (1906).
Lepidium hyssopifolium var. tasmanicum (Thell.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 699 (1926).
Lepidium iberioides Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 3: 165 (1815).
Lepidium linoides var. subdentatum (Burch. ex DC.) Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 28 (1860).
Lepidium ruderale var. aethiopicum Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 25 (1896).
Lepidium subdentatum Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 6 (1835), sensu auct.
Lepidium subdentatum Burch. ex DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 545 (1821).
Lepidium tasmanicum Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(Abh. 1): 309 (1906).
Nasturtium divaricatum (Aiton) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 937 (1891).
Thlaspi africanum Burm.f. Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 17 (1768).
Thlaspi divaricatum (Aiton) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 543 (1806).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lepidium africana (Burm.f.) DC.	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
Lepidium africanum	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Lepidium africanum (Burm.f.) DC.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Lepidium africanum (Burm.f.)DC. divaricatum (Aiton)Jonsell	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lepidium africanum subsp. divaricatum (Aiton)Jonsell	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Lepidium divaricatum Aiton	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lepidium linoides Thunb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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