Plant Details

Accepted name:: Philenoptera cyanescens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adzudzu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
akase	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
anunu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
avantime	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
dwira	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ebelu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
elu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
indigo vine	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mubakote	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
muteli	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
suru	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
talaki	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
talakiri	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
wee-chu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
west african wild indigo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, whole plant		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lonchocarpus cyanescens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 4(Suppl.): 96 (1860).
Robinia cyanescens Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 351 (1827).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lonchocarpus cyanescens (Schum. & Thonn.) Benth.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Lonchocarpus cyanescens Benth.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lonchocarpus cyanescens Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Philenoptera cyanescens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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