Plant Details

Accepted name:: Olax gambecola Baill. [Olacaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kiwaya	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kubi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Olax viridis Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 349 (1868).
Alsodeiopsis glaberrima Engl. ex Hutch. & Dalziel Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 455 (1928).
Olax alliacea (De Wild.) Vermoesen ex Boutique Agricultura (Louvain) 40: 158 (1937).
Olax minquartioides Baill. ex Pellegr. Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie 26(2): 63 (1924).
Olax poggei Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 146 (1897).
Olax pyrnmidata A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 24 (1920), nom. nud.
Olax ubanghensis A.Chev. Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 55 (1913), nom. nud.
Olax verruculosa Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 69 (1893).
Ptychopetalum alliaceum De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 33 (1903).
Ptychopetalum nigricans De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 34 (1903).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Olax gambecola	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Olax gambecola Baill.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Olax viridis Olivier	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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