Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lasiosiphon polycephalus (E.Mey. ex Meisn.) H.Pearson [Thymelaeaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
#khanab	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
besembossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
heuningbos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
honey bush	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
honigbusch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jannariebos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
januariebos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
januariebossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
january bush	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kongkwane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kongwane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kongware	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makganatsotle	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makgonasotlhe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ongwere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tolbusch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tollbusch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
waaibossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arthrosolen polycephalus (E.Mey. ex Meisn.) C.A.Mey. Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 359 (1843).
Gnidia polycephala (E.Mey. ex Meisn.) Gilg ex Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 138 (1894).
Arthrosolen polycephalus var. incanus Kuntze Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 273 (1886).
Arthrosolen polycephalus var. rubens Kuntze Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 273 (1886).
Arthrosolen polycephalus var. sulfureus Kuntze Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 4: 273 (1886).
Gnidia engleriana Dinter Deut. Südw. Afrik.: 97 (1909).
Gnidia polyclada Gilg in C.E.O.Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 281 (1898).
Passerina polycephala E.Mey. ex Meisn. Linnaea 14: 390 (1841).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arthrosolen polycephalus C.A.Mey.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Athrosolen polycephalus Meyer	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gnidia polycephala (C.A.Mey.) Gilg	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lasiosiphon polycephalus (E.Mey. ex Meisn.) H.Pearson	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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