Plant Details

Accepted name:: Thilachium africanum Lour. [Capparaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cucumber bush	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
mdudu	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
mtongi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mtunguru	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutunguu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sangaretei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ritchiea langii Oberm. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 17: 200 (1937).
Thilachium ovalifolium Juss. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 71 (1808), nom. superfl.
Thilachium querimbense Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 163 (1861).
Thilachium verrucosum Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 164 (1861).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Thilachium africanum Lour.	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Thylachium africanum	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Thylachium africanum Lour.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)

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