Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acanthosicyos horridus Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f. [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!nara	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!nara.b/s	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
botterpitte	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
butterpips	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mnara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
naia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nara	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
naras	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
narras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omungaraha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acanthosicyos horrida Welw.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acanthosicyos horridus	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Red List Med. Pl. of S Africa (Williams et al., 2013)
Acanthosicyos horridus Welw. Ex Benth. & Hook. F.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Acanthosicyos horridus Welw. ex Benth. & Hook. f.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Acanthosicyos horridus Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Acanthosicyos horridus Welw. ex Hook. f.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Acanthosicyos horridus Welw. ex Hook.f.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)

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