Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Alepidea amatymbica var. amatymbica

Alepidea amatymbica var. aquatica (Kuntze) Weim.

Alepidea amatymbica var. microbracteata Weim.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ikhatazo	Other	Prices of Med. Pl. Traded in the Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2007)
ikhathazo	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
kalmoes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eryngium amathymbicum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Koso-Pol. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou, n.s., 29: 158 (1915 publ. 1916).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alepidea amatymbica	Med. Pl. by Muthi Shops in Limpopo Province, S Africa (Moeng et al., 2011)
Alepidea amatymbica E. et Z.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. var. amatymbica	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. and Zeyh.	Prices of Med. Pl. Traded in the Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2007)

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