Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bush tea	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
combretum micranthum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
geza	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kantalma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kinkeleba	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
kinkeliba	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
kinkeliba bark	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kinkiliba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kinkéliba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
kwando	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mlama muepe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
obi-agwu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
okan	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
opium-antidote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vrai kinkéliba	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaf, fruit, stem		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
leaf, bark, root	dried leaves	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Combretum altum Guill. & Perr. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 20 (1828).
Combretum floribundum Engl. & Diels in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 3: 18 (1899).
Combretum parviflorum Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Exot. 1: 46 (1825).
Combretum raimbaultii Heckel Remed. Repert. Pharm. (1891).
Bureava crotonoides Baill. Adansonia 1: 72 (1860).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Combretum altum Perr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Combretum floribundum Engl. & Diels	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Combretum micranthum G. Don	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Combretum micranthum G. Don.	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Combretum micranthum G.Don	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Combretum micranthum G.don	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Combretum parviflorum Rchb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Combretum raimbaulti Heckel	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Combretum raimbaultii	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Combretum raimbaultii Heckel	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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