Plant Details

Accepted name:: Harpagophytum procumbens (Burch.) DC. ex Meisn. [Pedaliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
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 Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
!ao!aro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
//x'aatataba	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
//xsamsa-//oro	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
afrikanische teufelskralle	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
arpagofi to	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
arpagofito	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
artiglio del diavolo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
beesdubbeltjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
burdock	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
devil s claw	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devil's claw	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 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 Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
devil's claw preparation	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's claw root	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
devil's-claw	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
devils claw	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
devils claw gel	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
devil´s claw	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
devil’s cl	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
devil’s claw	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Trad. Med. in Africa (Mahomoodally, 2013)
devil’s claw root	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Harpagophytum spp., rad. (2006) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
djævleklo	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
duivelsklou	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
duiwelsklou	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ekakata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ekatata	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
elyata	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ghamaghoe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
gomakhu	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
gomakhub	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
grapple plant	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
grapple thorn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
grapple vine	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
grappleplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
griffe du diable	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 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 Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
harpagophyton	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
harpagophytum	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
harpagophytum spp. root	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia 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. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
khams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
khurikham	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
khuripe	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
khuripekhams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
kloudoring	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
legatapitse	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
lekgagamare	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
lenatla	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
likakata	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
makakare	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
otjihangatene	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ouklip	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
radix harpagophyti	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
rankdoring	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
sengaparele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs 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 Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
teufelskrallenwurzel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tloutaxaba	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
tou	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
toutjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
trampelklette	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
tubercule de griffe du diable	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
venustorn	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
windhoek’s root	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
wood spider	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wood spider xwate	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
wool-spider	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
xamtsi-oro	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
xwate	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia 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 Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Secondary roots		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Harpagophytum spp., rad. (2006)
secondary roots	dried tuberous secondary roots	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Secondary root tuber		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Tuber, Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
secondary tubers, primary roots		Trad. Med. in Africa (Mahomoodally, 2013)
tuber		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tuberous, secondary root	dried, tuberous, secondary root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
root	cut and dried secondary roots	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
root	cut and dried, tuberous secondary roots	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
root	dried cut root	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
root	dried and powdered root slices	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
root	Cut and dried, tuberous secondary roots	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
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	Ethnomedica (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) Trad. Med. in Africa (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. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) 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 Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Harpagophytum spp., rad. (2006) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 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 Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Harpagophytum procumbens DC. ex Meisn.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Harpagophytum procumbens DC. ex Meiss.	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Harpagophytum procumbens DC. ex Meissn.	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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