Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cissampelos mucronata A.Rich. [Menispermaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
djokodjé	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
kishiki cha buga	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
nhocana	Other	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)
orelha de rato	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
velvetleaf	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
All parts		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
whole plant	dry whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
root		Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cissampelos apiculata Hochst. Flora 28: 93 (1845).
Cissampelos aristolochiifolia Fenzl Flora 27: 312 (1844).
Cissampelos comata Miers in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 215 (1849).
Cissampelos macrostachya Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 172 (1861).
Cissampelos natalensis Szyszył. Polypet. Thalam. Rehmann.: 11 (1887).
Cissampelos pareira var. asperifolia Welw. ex Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 19 (1896).
Cissampelos pareira var. deglabrescens Welw. ex Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 19 (1896).
Cissampelos pareira var. macrostachya (Klotzsch) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 1(2): 51 (1898).
Cissampelos pareira var. mucronata (A.Rich.) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 1(2): 51 (1898).
Cissampelos pareira var. pachyphylla Diels in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 94: 301 (1910).
Cissampelos pareira var. reniformis Welw. ex Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 19 (1896).
Cissampelos pareira var. senensis (Klotzsch) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 1(2): 51 (1898).
Cissampelos pareira var. zairensis (Miers) T.Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afric. 1(2): 52 (1898).
Cissampelos senensis Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 173 (1861).
Cissampelos vogelii Miers in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 214 (1849).
Cissampelos zairensis Miers Contr. Bot. 3: 180 (1871).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cissampelos mucronata A Rich.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cissampelos mucronata A. Rich.	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cissampelos mucronata A.Rich.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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