Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cissampelos owariensis P.Beauv. ex DC. [Menispermaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ewe jokoje	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
kishiki cha buga	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
liane amère	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
liane corde	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
liane serpent	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mkasisi cha mkiwa	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mlagalaga	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
pareira brava	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, whole plant		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cissampelos insignis Alston Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 362 (1925).
Cissampelos insolita Miers Contr. Bot. 3: 179 (1871).
Cissampelos macrosepala Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 326 (1909).
Cissampelos owariensis var. asperifolia Welw. ex Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 19 (1896).
Cissampelos pareira subsp. owariensis (P.Beauv. ex DC.) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 396 (1899).
Cissampelos pareira var. owariensis (P.Beauv. ex DC.) Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 46 (1868).
Cissampelos robertsonii Exell J. Bot. 64: 192 (1926).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cissampelos owariensis	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Cissampelos owariensis Beauvois	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cissampelos owariensis P Beauv.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cissampelos owariensis P. Beauv. ex DC.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cissampelos owariensis P.Beauv. ex DC.	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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