Plant Details

Accepted name:: Strychnos icaja Baill. [Loganiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
benge	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bwende	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
curare	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
dama	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
dirembi	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
ghasambe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
icaja	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
k'ok'ihmo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kampopi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kinyakabi turumbu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kpo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kpombondo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
matamba	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mbenge	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mbondo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mempandi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mwavi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ndebele	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
pepere	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sambedale	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
strychnos	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
umhlati	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
umkuhlu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
umkwakwa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
leaf, root, stem		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Strychnos brachyura Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 119 (1899).
Strychnos dewevrei Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 119 (1899).
Strychnos dundusanensis De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 48 (1915).
Strychnos kipapa Gilg Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 256 (1899).
Strychnos mildbraedii Gilg in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 531 (1913).
Strychnos pusilliflora S.Moore in A.B.Rendle & al., Cat. Pl. Oban: 70 (1913).
Strychnos venulosa Hutch. & M.B.Moss in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 24 (1931).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Strychnos icaja Baill.	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Strychnos icaja Baillon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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