Plant Details

Accepted name:: Embelia schimperi Vatke [Primulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
gezi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ibinini	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
inkoko	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
os sumategi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
leaf, stem bark		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Embelia guineensis Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 496 (1877).
Embelia kilimandscharica Gilg Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 47: 45 (1894).
Embelia abyssinica Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 497 (1877), nom. illeg.
Embelia bambuseti Gilg & G.Schellenb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 520 (1912).
Embelia batesii S.Moore J. Bot. 63: 147 (1925).
Embelia dasyantha Gilg & G.Schellenb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 522 (1912).
Embelia erythrocarpa Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 96 (1901).
Embelia gilgii Mez in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 236: 330 (1902).
Embelia mujenja Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 446 (1900).
Embelia nyassana Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 96 (1901).
Embelia pellucida (Hiern) K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 390 (1898).
Embelia retusa Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 95 (1901).
Embelia tessmannii Gilg & G.Schellenb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 522 (1912).
Embelia tibatiensis Gilg & G.Schellenb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 521 (1912).
Pattara kilimandscharica (Gilg) Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 639 (1898).
Pattara pellucida Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 639 (1898).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Embelia guineensis Bak.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Embelia guineensis Baker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Embelia kilimandscarica Gily	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Embelia schimperi	Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009)
Embelia schimperi Vatke	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Embelia scimperi Watke	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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