Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mesembryanthemum tortuosum L. [Aizoaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
channa	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
kanna	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
kougoed	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
sceletium	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
sceletium herb.	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
sceletium tortuosum aerial parts	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
herb, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
whole plant	dried whole plant	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sceletium namaquense L.Bolus Notes Mesembryanthemum 2: 374 (1932).
Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E.Br. in E.P.Phillips, Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl.: 245 (1926).
Mesembryanthemum aridum Moench Suppl. Meth.: 192 (1802).
Mesembryanthemum concavum Haw. Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 168 (1821).
Phyllobolus tortuosus (L.) Bittrich Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 21: 75 (1986).
Sceletium boreale L.Bolus Notes Mesembryanthemum 2: 375 (1932).
Sceletium compactum L.Bolus Notes Mesembryanthemum 2: 393 (1933).
Sceletium concavum (Haw.) Schwantes Gartenflora 77: 68 (1928).
Sceletium framesii L.Bolus Notes Mesembryanthemum 2: 176 (1930).
Sceletium gracile L.Bolus Notes Mesembryanthemum 2: 375 (1932).
Sceletium joubertii L.Bolus Notes Mesembryanthemum 2: 435 (1934).
Sceletium ovatum L.Bolus Notes Mesembryanthemum 3: 288 (1954).
Sceletium tugwelliae L.Bolus Notes Mesembryanthemum 2: 394 (1933).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mesembryanthemum tortuosum L.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sceletium namaquense L.Bolus	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N. E. Br.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E. Br.	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Sceletium tortuosum (L.) N.E.Br.	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Sceletium tortuosum N.E.Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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