Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rhynchosia caribaea (Jacq.) DC. [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kamba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
momo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
monya-mali	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
morarana-oa-liphepa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mughomo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Glycine caribaea Jacq. Collectanea 1: 67 (1787).
Rhynchosia congestiflora Schinz Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 52: 427 (1907).
Arcyphyllum caribaeum (Jacq.) Elliott J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 372 (1818).
Copisma caribaeum (Jacq.) E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 133 (1836).
Copisma gibbum (E.Mey.) E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 137 (1836).
Copisma pictum E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 135 (1836).
Dolicholus caribaeus (Jacq.) Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 267 (1896).
Dolicholus intermedius Vail Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 115 (1899).
Eriosema nigropunctatum Brandegee Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 7: 327 (1920).
Rhynchosia acuminata Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 253 (1836).
Rhynchosia caribaea var. picta (E.Mey.) Baker f. Bothalia 1: 125 (1923).
Rhynchosia gazensis Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa: 475 (1929).
Rhynchosia gibba E.Mey. Linnaea 7: 170 (1832).
Rhynchosia gibba var. picta (E.Mey.) Benth. ex Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 285 (1862).
Rhynchosia intermedia Kotschy & Peyr. Pl. Tinn.: 7 (1867).
Rhynchosia melanosperma Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 30 (1861).
Rhynchosia picta (E.Mey.) Burtt Davy Man. Pl. Transvaal 2: 410 (1932).
Rhynchosia villosula Burtt Davy Man. Pl. Transvaal 2: 410 (1932), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Glycine caribaea Jacq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Rhynchosia caribaea	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Rhynchosia caribaea (Jacq.) DC.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rhynchosia caribaea (Jacq.)DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Rhynchosia congestiflora Schinz	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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