Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes. [Celastraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Gymnosporia senegalensis var. angustifolia Engl. & Loes.

Gymnosporia senegalensis subsp. europaea (Boiss.) Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.

Gymnosporia senegalensis subsp. orientalis Anon.

Gymnosporia senegalensis subsp. senegalensis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!go!gob	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!goo!goob	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!oo!oob	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
#unseb	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bloupendoring	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chichangua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
confetti spike-thorn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
confetti spikethorn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
confetti tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
enolyomungolwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etamba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
g!o#obe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
g#o#obe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
henkal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapapa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kx'okx'o	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mibabala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokutemu tembuze	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
motlhono	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mubabala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muiua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mungorwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
murowanyiru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
murwanyiru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
murwawanyiru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutungambara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oingodwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omungolwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omungonze	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omutungambara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omutungavimbara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
opitamboy	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oshingodwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
otjingondwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pendoring	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pepahais	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
raktabilara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red spike-thorn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rooipendoring	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
spike thorn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|hurube	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Celastrus senegalensis Lam. Encycl. 1: 661 (1785).
Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 26: 223 (1952).
Catha senegalensis (Lam.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 10 (1832).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Celastrus senegalensis Lam.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gymnosporia senegalensis	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.)Loes.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gymnosporia senegalensis Loes.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Maytenus senegalensis	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Exell	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.)Exell	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Maytenus senegalensis Lamarck	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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