Plant Details

Accepted name:: Combretum caffrum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze [Combretaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african bush-willow	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
african willow tree	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
bush-willow tree	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
bushwillow	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cape bush-willow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
umdubu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Combretum salicifolium E.Mey. ex Hook. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 6: t. 592 (1843).
Dodonaea caffra Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 55 (1835).
Dodonaea conglomerata Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 55 (1835).
Dodonaea dubia Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 55 (1835).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Combretum caffrum	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Combretum caffrum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) 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) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Combretum caffrum Kuntze	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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