Plant Details

Accepted name:: Combretum leprosum Mart. [Combretaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mofumbo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
mofumbo-branco	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
mufumbo	Other	Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
pente-de-macaco	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
shell (casca)		Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
stem bark, leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark, leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Combretum hasslerianum Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 345 (1903).
Combretum leptostachyum Mart. Flora 24(2 Beibl.): 2 (1841).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Combretum leprosum Mart.	Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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