Plant Details

Accepted name:: Harpagophytum procumbens (Burch.) DC. ex Meisn. [Pedaliaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Harpagophytum procumbens subsp. procumbens

Harpagophytum procumbens subsp. transvaalense Ihlenf. & H.E.K.Hartmann

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!ao!ao	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
!ao!aro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
//x'aatataba	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
//xsamsa-//oro	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
afrikanische teufelskralle	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
arpagofi to	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
arpagofito	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
artiglio del diavolo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
beesdubbeltjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
burdock	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
devil s claw	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devil's claw	Other	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
devil's claw preparation	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's claw root	Other	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
devil's-claw	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
devils claw	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
devils claw gel	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
devil´s claw	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
devil’s claw	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Ten Potent African Med. Pl. (Mahomoodally, 2013)
devil’s claw root	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Harpagophytum spp., rad. (2006) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
djævleklo	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
duivelsklou	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
duiwelsklou	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ekakata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
ekatata	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
elyata	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
garra-do-diabo	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
ghamaghoe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
gomakhu	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
gomakhub	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
grapple plant	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
grapple thorn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
grapple vine	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
grappleplant	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
griffe du diable	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
harpago	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
harpagofito, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
harpagophyti radix	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Harpagophytum spp., rad. (2006) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
harpagophyton	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
harpagophytum	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
harpagophytum spp. root	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
kalahari devil's claw	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kamangu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kanako	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
khams	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
khurikham	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
khuripe	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
khuripekhams	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
kloudoring	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
legatapitse	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
lekgagamare	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
lenatla	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
likakata	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
makakare	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
otjihangatene	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ouklip	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
radix harpagophyti	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
rankdoring	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
sengaparele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
sengaparile	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
skerpioendubbeltjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
südafrikanische teufelskrallenwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
teufelskralle	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
teufelskrallenwurzel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tloutaxaba	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
tou	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
toutjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
trampelklette	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
tubercule de griffe du diable	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
venustorn	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
windhoek’s root	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
wood spider	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wood spider xwate	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
wool-spider	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
xamtsi-oro	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
xwate	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
\|\|khuripe\|\|khams	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|\|khuri\|\|kham	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|\|xamtsi-\|\|oro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
tuberous secondary roots		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Secondary roots		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Harpagophytum spp., rad. (2006)
secondary roots	dried tuberous secondary roots	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Secondary root tuber		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Tuber, Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
secondary tubers, primary roots		Ten Potent African Med. Pl. (Mahomoodally, 2013)
root, tuber		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
tuber		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
raízes secundárias tuberosas		Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tuberous, secondary root	dried, tuberous, secondary root	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
root	cut and dried secondary roots	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
root	cut and dried, tuberous secondary roots	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
root	dried cut root	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
root	dried root slices	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
root	Cut and dried, tuberous secondary roots	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
raíces secundarias	raíces secundarias, tuberosas cortadas y secas	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Uncaria procumbens Burch. Trav. S. Africa 1: 536 (1822).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Harpagophytum procumbens	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Pl., Consv. & Livelihoods (Hamilton, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Harpagophytum procumbens (Burch.) DC.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Ten Potent African Med. Pl. (Mahomoodally, 2013)
Harpagophytum procumbens (Burch.) DC. ex Meisn.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Harpagophytum procumbens (Burch.) DC. ex Meisn. subsp. procumbens (Burch.) DC. ex Meisn.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Harpagophytum procumbens (Burch.) DC. ex Meissn.	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Harpagophytum procumbens (Burch.)DC. ex Meisn.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Harpagophytum procumbens (Burchell) De Candolle	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Harpagophytum procumbens DC.	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Harpagophytum spp., rad. (2006) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Harpagophytum procumbens DC. ex Meisn.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Harpagophytum procumbens DC. ex Meiss.	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Harpagophytum procumbens DC. ex Meissn.	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Harpagophytum procumbens Dc. Ex Meisn.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Uncaria procumbens Burch.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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