Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. [Meliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
araruet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cape ash	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dog plum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekebergia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eng'amwo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kerbut	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kyuasi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
manuka-masi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mfuare	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mfyahi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mpotowandovu-mkuu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mroboki	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mrongoleh	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
msisi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muchogomo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mukongui	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ol mukuma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ol mukuna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ol-subukiai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olmukuna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omonyamavi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
osongoroi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
teldet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
temwaa arariet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tido	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umanaye	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umgwenye	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umgwenye wezinja	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umgwenyobomvu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umlahleni selefile	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umnyamati	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ekebergia meyeri C.Presl ex C.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle (eds.), Monogr. Phan. 1: 642 (1878).
Ekebergia rueppelliana (Fresen.) A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 105 (1848).
Ekebergia senegalensis A.Juss. Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 23: 238bis (1830).
Sorindeia doeringii Engl. & K.Krause Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 339 (1911).
Charia chevalieri C.DC. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 9 (1907).
Charia indeniensis A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 194 (1909).
Ekebergia buchananii Harms Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 164 (1896).
Ekebergia chevalieri (C.DC.) Harms Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 161 (1911).
Ekebergia complanata Baker f. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 132 (1905).
Ekebergia dahomensis A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 112 (1920), nom. nud.
Ekebergia holtzii Harms Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 160 (1911).
Ekebergia indeniensis (A.Chev.) Harms ex Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 1): 819 (1915).
Ekebergia mildbraedii Harms Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 229 (1917).
Ekebergia petitiana A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 105 (1848).
Ekebergia petitiana var. australia Baker f. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 133 (1905).
Ekebergia senegalensis var. coriacea C.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 642 (1878).
Ekebergia senegalensis var. parvifoliola C.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 642 (1878).
Polyscias lepidota Chiov. Atti Reale Accad. Italia, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11: 32 (1940).
Trichilia capensis (Sparrm.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 468 (1805).
Trichilia ekebergia E.Mey. ex Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 246 (1860).
Trichilia rueppelliana Fresen. Mus. Senckenberg. 2: 278 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ekebergia capensis	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) 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) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ekebergia meyeri C.Presl ex C.DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ekebergia meyeri Presl.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ekebergia rueppeliana (Fresen.)A.Rich.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ekebergia senegalensis	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Ekebergia senegalensis A. Juss.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ekebergia senegalensis A.Juss.	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
Ekebergia senegalensis Jussieu	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Sorindeia doeringii Engler et Krause	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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