Plant Details

Accepted name:: Searsia pyroides (Burch.) Moffett [Anacardiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Searsia pyroides var. dinteri (Engl.) Moffett

Searsia pyroides var. gracilis (Engl.) Moffett

Searsia pyroides var. integrifolia (Engl.) Moffett

Searsia pyroides var. pyroides

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
brandtaaibos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common currant	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common wild currant	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fire thorn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fire-thorn rhus	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gewone taaibos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gewonetaaibos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
incakotshi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mogadiri	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
taaibos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

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

Rhus pyroides Burch. Trav. S. Africa 1: 340 (1822).
Toxicodendron pyroides (Burch.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 154 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rhus pyroides Burch.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rhus pyroides Burch. pyroides	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Rhus pyroides Burch. var. pyroides	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Searsia pyroides (Burch.) Moffett	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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