Plant Details

Accepted name:: Harpagophytum zeyheri Decne. [Pedaliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Harpagophytum zeyheri subsp. schijffii Ihlenf. & H.E.K.Hartmann

Harpagophytum zeyheri subsp. sublobatum (Engl.) Ihlenf. & H.E.K.Hartmann

Harpagophytum zeyheri subsp. zeyheri

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!ao!aro	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
//x'aatataba	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
//xama/horo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
beesdubbeltjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
devil's claw	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
devil's claw root	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
devil's-claw	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
devil´s claw	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
devil’s cl	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
devil’s claw root	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Harpagophytum spp., rad. (2006) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
diramata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
djævleklo	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
duivelsklou	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
duiwelsklou	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ekakata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
elyata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ghamaghoe	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
gomakhu	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
grapple plant	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
grappleplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
harpagophyti radix	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Harpagophytum spp., rad. (2006) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
harpagophytum	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
harpagophytum spp. root	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
igogo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kanako	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
khams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
khurikham	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
khuripe	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
khuripekhams	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
legatapitse	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
lekgagamare	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
lenatla	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
lengakare	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
likakata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
liramata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omalyata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rankdoring	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
riramata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sandoring	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sengaparele	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
tloutaxaba	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
xamtsi-oro	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
xwate	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)

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)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Harpagophytum spp., rad. (2006)
secondary roots	dried tuberous secondary roots	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
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	Cut and dried, tuberous secondary roots	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

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

Uncaria zeyheri (Decne.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 481 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Harpagophytum zeyheri Decne	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) EMA Com. Monog.: Harpagophytum spp., rad. (2006)
Harpagophytum zeyheri Decne.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Harpagophytum zeyheri L. Decne.	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)

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