Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gymnosporia buchananii Loes. [Celastraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mubamba ngoma	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mudziadzyah	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mukululubishia	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mumpulukuswa	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
musoma	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
musonga	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mutumbwishia	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
pulukusva	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sombo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
umusakara	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
umushubi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
umutukaza	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
umutukuza	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
urutka	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Maytenus buchananii (Loes.) R.Wilczek Fl. Congo Belge 9: 125 (1960).
Gymnosporia buchananii var. impressinervis Loes. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 31 (1934).
Gymnosporia buchananii var. longistyla Loes. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 31 (1934).
Gymnosporia filamentosa var. major Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 545 (1893).
Gymnosporia filamentosa var. minor Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 545 (1893).
Maytenus edgari Exell & Mendonça Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 26: 223 (1952).
Maytenus ovata f. pubescens Blakelock Kew Bull. 11: 240 (1956).
Scolopia mutiensis Gilg ex Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 577 (1921).
Scottellia montana Gilg ex Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 561 (1921).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gymnosporia buchananii Loes.	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Maytenus buchananii (Loes.) R. Wilczek	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Maytenus buchananii (Loes.) Wilczek	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

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