Plant Details

Accepted name:: Maerua crassifolia Forssk. [Capparaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
azar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dumashio	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dume	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ereng	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
i - dume - i	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
i -ataca-ni (pl.)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
i-ataca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
i-dume (pl.)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kalka-domaio	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kalue	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kawoge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lumi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maru	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
mordjan	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
sarah	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sareh	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sarh	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
sarha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tuwio	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
سرح	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
مرجان	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
مرو	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
leaves, bark		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

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

Maerua meyeri-johannis Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 225 (1914).
Maerua uguenensis Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 251 (1915).
Maerua uniflora Vahl Symb. Bot. 1: 36 (1790), nom. superfl.
Maerua arabica J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 827 (1791), nom. superfl.
Maerua hirtella Chiov. Fl. Somala 1: 83 (1929).
Maerua rigida R.Br. Narr. Travels Africa, App. XXII: 226 (1826).
Wiegmannia arabica Hochst. & Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 787 (1841), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Maerua crassifolia	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Maerua crassifolia Forskal	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Maerua crassifolia Forssk.	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Maerua crassifolia Forsskal	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Maerua meyeri-johannis Gilg	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Maerua uguenensis Gilg	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Maerua uniflora Vahl	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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