Plant Details

Accepted name:: Combretum adenogonium Steud. ex A.Rich. [Combretaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
four-leaved bushwillow	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
four-leaved combretum	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
gulmema	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hajef	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kurutêdé	Other	Med. Uses of Pl. Spp. on Termitaria, Benin (Dossou-Yovo et al., 2014)
merhad	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mlama	Other	Folk Taxonomy in Med. Pl. Trade, Tanzania (Otieno et al., 2015)
shaf	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shuf	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tantam	Other	Med. Uses of Pl. Spp. on Termitaria, Benin (Dossou-Yovo et al., 2014)
tantamanni	Other	Med. Uses of Pl. Spp. on Termitaria, Benin (Dossou-Yovo et al., 2014)
tenkeleba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Uses of Pl. Spp. on Termitaria, Benin (Dossou-Yovo et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Combretum dalzielii Hutch. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 221 (1927).
Combretum fragrans F.Hoffm. Beitr. Fl. Centr.-Ost-Afr.: 31 (1889).
Combretum ghasalense Engl. & Diels in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 3: 47 (1899).
Combretum albidiflorum Engl. & Diels in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 3: 46 (1899).
Combretum augustinum Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 501 (1907).
Combretum basarense Engl. ex Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 496 (1907).
Combretum chevalieri Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 497 (1907).
Combretum etessei Aubrév. Combret. Savan. Bois. Afr. Occ. Franc.: 19 (1944), sine descr. lat.
Combretum kamatutu De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 4, 1: 215 (1903).
Combretum kilossanum Engl. & Diels Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 193 (1897).
Combretum multispicatum Engl. & Diels in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 3: 47 (1899).
Combretum reticulatum Fresen. Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 154 (1837).
Combretum subvernicosum Engl. & Diels in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 3: 48 (1899).
Combretum ternifolium Engl. & Diels in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 3: 49 (1899).
Combretum tetraphyllum Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 499 (1907).
Combretum undulatum Engl. & Diels in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 3: 48 (1899).
Combretum zechii Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 496 (1907).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Combretum adenogonium Steud. ex A. Rich.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Combretum adenogonium Steud. ex A.Rich.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Combretum dalzielii Hutch.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Combretum fragrans	Med. Uses of Pl. Spp. on Termitaria, Benin (Dossou-Yovo et al., 2014)
Combretum fragrans F. Hoffm.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Combretum fragrans F.Hoffm.	Folk Taxonomy in Med. Pl. Trade, Tanzania (Otieno et al., 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Combretum ghasalense Engl. & Diels	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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