Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cadaba farinosa Forssk. [Capparaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Cadaba farinosa subsp. rariflora Jafri

Cadaba farinosa subsp. adenotricha (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) R.A.Graham

Cadaba farinosa subsp. farinosa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asaf	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
cadaba bush	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
dekoku	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
herd-boy’s fruit	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
keunya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kibilazi mwitu	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
muare	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mvuija vumo	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
olamalogi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sirmar	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
viluti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole herb, leaves		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)

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

Stroemia farinosa (Forssk.) Vahl Symb. Bot. 1: 20 (1790).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cadaba farinosa	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Cadaba farinosa Forskal	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cadaba farinosa Forssk.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (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)
Cadaba farinosa Forsskal	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Cadaba farinosa subsp. farinosa	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Cadaba farinose Forssk.	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)

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