Plant Details

Accepted name:: Myrsine africana L. [Primulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african boxwood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
african-boxwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
babrang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baibarang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banabana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bandraru oleander	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banvan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banwan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baring	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cape myrtle	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chapra	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhota mehndru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhota mendhru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitring	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chota mendru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chupra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhato	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gannti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iyeza lenkomo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
jhunjhra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanakalayi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kanaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khukan	Other	Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
mahheli	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
myrsine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
olsegetit	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pahari cha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
primulaceae	Other	Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
segedid	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umbovini	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
vidanga	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zuma	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, fruit		Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
Whole plant		Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Buxus dioica Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 159 (1775).
Myrica arabica Willd. Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 749 (1806), pro syn.
Myrica montana Vahl Symb. Bot. 2: 99 (1791).
Myrsine acuta Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 141 (1796).
Myrsine africana var. acuminata C.Y.Wu & C.Chen Fl. Yunnanica 1: 378 (1977).
Myrsine africana var. bifaria (Wall.) Franch. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 6: 82 (1883).
Myrsine africana var. glandulosa J.M.Zhang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 15: 47 (1995).
Myrsine africana var. retusa A.DC. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 105 (1834).
Myrsine bifaria Wall. in W.Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 2: 296 (1824).
Myrsine bottensis A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 93 (1844).
Myrsine glabra Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 282 (1788).
Myrsine microphylla Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 149 (1913), non Heer (1857), fossil name.
Myrsine potama D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 146 (1825).
Myrsine retusa Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 271 (1789).
Myrsine rotundifolia Lam. Encycl. 4: 194 (1797).
Myrsine scabra Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 282 (1788).
Myrsine vacciniifolia Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 87 (1915).
Nageia arabica Willd. Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 749 (1806).
Rhamnus myrtillus H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 535 (1913).
Samara potama Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 146 (1825).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Myrsine Africana L.	Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
Myrsine africana	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Myrsine africana L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Myrsyne africana L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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