Plant Details

Accepted name:: Caloncoba welwitschii (Oliv.) Gilg [Achariaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bosake	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kisani	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kisania	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nsani	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ntela	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Oncoba welwitschii Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 117 (1868).
Caloncoba cauliflora Sleumer Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 86 (1934).
Caloncoba gigantocarpa Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 464 (1908).
Caloncoba grotei Gilg in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 568 (1921).
Oncoba laurentii De Wild. & T.Durand Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 2, 1(1): 8 (1899).
Oncoba spireana Pierre Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n.s., 1: 117 (1898).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Caloncoba welwitschii (Oliv.) Gilg	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Caloncoba welwitschii Gily	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Oncoba welwitschii	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

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