Plant Details

Accepted name:: Strychnos henningsii Gilg [Loganiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
entunyesi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hadesa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karaa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karrah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maset	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbathe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muteta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nchipilikwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oltipilikwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red bitterberry	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Strychnos reticulata Burtt Davy & Honoré Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 270 (1932).
Strychnos albersii Gilg & Busse Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 99 (1905).
Strychnos barbata Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 305 (1932), nom. illeg.
Strychnos elliottii Gilg & Busse Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 99 (1905).
Strychnos holstii Gilg Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 36 (1894).
Strychnos holstii f. condensata J.Duvign. Bull. Inst. Roy. Congo Belg. 20: 588 (1949).
Strychnos holstii f. laxiuscula J.Duvign. Bull. Inst. Roy. Congo Belg. 20: 588 (1949).
Strychnos holstii var. procera (Gilg & Busse) J.Duvign. Bull. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique 20: 587 (1949).
Strychnos holstii var. reticulata (Burtt Davy & Honoré) J.Duvign. Bull. Inst. Roy. Congo Belg. 20: 588 (1949).
Strychnos ligustroides Gossw. & Mendonca Carta Fitogeogr. Angola: 120 (1939), no Latin descr.
Strychnos myrcioides S.Moore J. Bot. 45: 52 (1907).
Strychnos pauciflora Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 121 (1899).
Strychnos procera Gilg & Busse Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 97 (1905).
Strychnos sennensis Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 97 (1895).
Strychnos utilis Sim Forest Fl. Cape: 273 (1907).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Strychnos henningsii Gilg	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Strychnos henningsii Gilgit	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Strychnos reticulata	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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