Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gymnosporia buxifolia (L.) Szyszył. [Celastraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common spikethorn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
g!o#obe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
g#o#obe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gewone pendoring	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
konfettibusch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lemoendoring	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
murovanyiru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oingodwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oshingodwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pendoring	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sprossdorn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Catha buxifolia (L.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 10 (1832).
Catha cymosa (Sol.) C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 463 (1845).
Catha multiflora (Lam.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 10 (1832).
Catha patens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 463 (1845).
Catha spathyphylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 463 (1845).
Celastrus buxifolius L. Sp. Pl.: 197 (1753).
Celastrus buxifolius var. empleurifolius (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 459 (1860).
Celastrus buxifolius var. laxiflorus Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 1: 459 (1860).
Celastrus cymosus Sol. Bot. Mag. 46: t. 2070 (1819).
Celastrus empleurifolius Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 121 (1835).
Celastrus goniocaulis Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 120 (1835).
Celastrus hispanicus DC. Prodr. 2: 8 (1825).
Celastrus humilis Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 120 (1835).
Celastrus multiflorus Lam. Encycl. 1: 661 (1785).
Celastrus patens Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 120 (1835).
Celastrus polyanthemos Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 121 (1835).
Celastrus rhombifolius Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 120 (1835), nom. illeg.
Celastrus schlechteri (Loes.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 37 (1898).
Celastrus spathephyllus Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 121 (1835).
Evonymoides buxifolia (L.) Moench Methodus: 70 (1794).
Gymnosporia acanthophora Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 299 (1908).
Gymnosporia buxifolia var. schlechteri Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 153 (1900).
Gymnosporia condensata Sprague Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 246 (1906).
Gymnosporia rhombifolia Bolus & Wolley-Dod Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 14: 247 (1903).
Gymnosporia schlechteri Loes. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 193 (1894).
Maytenus cymosa (Sol.) Exell Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 26: 222 (1952), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gymnosporia buxifolia (L.) Szyszyl.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Gymnosporia buxifolia (L.)Szyszyl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gymnosporia buxifolia Szysz.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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