Plant Details

Accepted name:: Roepera morgsana (L.) Beier & Thulin [Zygophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
leeubos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
leeubos(sie)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
skilpadbos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
skilpadbossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
skuimbossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
slymbossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
spekbossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tortoise bush	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vetbos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vleisbos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Zygophyllum morgsana L. Sp. Pl.: 385 (1753).
Zygophyllum lichtensteinianum Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 96 (1835), nom. illeg.
Zygophyllum succulentum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 319 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Roepera morgsana (L.) Beier & Thulin	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Zygophyllum morgsana L.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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