Plant Details

Accepted name:: Maerua parvifolia Pax [Capparaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
/ahaib	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kaninagu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
msingisa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nongenoco	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nongonongo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
otjinautoni	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
owurukanyun	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pisipisi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
singisa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
small-leaved maerua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
witgatboom	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|apahaib	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Maerua trichophylla Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 311 (1901).
Maerua harmsiana Gilg in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 187 (1895).
Maerua hirticaulis Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 251 (1915).
Maerua legatii Burtt Davy Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 225 (1924).
Maerua skeneae Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 396 (1914).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Maerua parvifolia Pax	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Maerua trichophylla Gilg	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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