Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rhoicissus tomentosa (Lam.) Wild & R.B.Drumm. [Vitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bobbejaantou	Other	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
wild forest grape	Other	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
tuber		Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cissus capensis Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 655 (1798).
Cissus dregeana Bernh. Flora 27: 297 (1844).
Cissus tomentosa Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 330 (1792).
Rhoicissus capensis Planch. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 463 (1887).
Vitis capensis Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 44 (1794), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rhoicissus tomentosa (Lam.) Wild & R.B. Drumm.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rhoicissus tomentosa (Lam.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rhoicissus tomentosa Lam. Wild and Drummond	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)

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