Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tapinanthus oleifolius (J.C.Wendl.) Danser [Loranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bird-lime	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dai\|huib	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
haires	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
haitsuib	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hai\|khuis	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lighted candles	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lighted matches	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mai!khuis	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maias	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mistletoe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oilunda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oshilunda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
otjiraura	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oulamba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pagamela	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
palamêla	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
streichholzmispel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
streichholzplanze	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tci'itci'i	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
voëlent	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vuurhoutjiesvoëlent	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:

Lichtensteinia oleifolia J.C.Wendl. Coll. Pl. 2: 4 (1808).
Loranthus meyeri C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 505 (1845), nom. nud.
Loranthus namaquensis Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 577 (1862).
Loranthus oleifolius (J.C.Wendl.) Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 3: 209 (1828).
Loranthus oleifolius var. luteus Neusser Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 339 (1953).
Loranthus speciosus F.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 4: 473 (1818), nom. superfl.
Tapinanthus namaquensis (Harv.) Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 267 (1895).
Chiridium speciosum Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 41: 484 (1894), nom. superfl.
Lichtensteinia speciosa Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 254 (1895), nom. superfl.
Loranthus bumbensis Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 933 (1900).
Loranthus lichtensteinii Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 3: 209 (1828).
Loranthus namaquensis var. ligustrifolius Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 120 (1894).
Loranthus oblongifolius E.Mey. in J.F.Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 200 (1843).
Loranthus quinquangulus Engl. & Schinz Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 78: 409 (1905).
Loranthus quinquangulus var. pedicellatus Sprague in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 363 (1910).
Loranthus zambesicus Gibbs J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 467 (1906).
Scurrula oleifolia G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 423 (1834).
Tapinanthus quinquangulus (Engl. & Schinz) Danser Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 29(6): 118 (1933).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lichtensteinia oleifolia J.C.Wendl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Loranthus meyeri C.Presl	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Loranthus namaquensis Harv.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Loranthus oleifolius (J,C.Wendl.)Cham. & Schltdl. luteus Neusser	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Loranthus oleifolius (J.C.Wendl.)Cham. & Schltdl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Loranthus speciosus F.Dietr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Tapinanthus namaquensis (Harv.) Tiegh.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Tapinanthus oleifolius (J.C.Wendl.) Danser	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Tapinanthus oleifolius (J.C.Wendl.)Danser	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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