Plant Details

Accepted name:: Boscia salicifolia Oliv. [Capparaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mbwenzenze	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muluka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
willow-leaved boscia	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)

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

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

Boscia powellii Sprague & M.L.Green Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 178 (1913).
Boscia stylosa Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 209 (1915).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Boscia salicifolia Oliv.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Boscia salicifolia Oliv.

Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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