Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vernonia colorata (Willd.) Drake [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Vernonia colorata subsp. grandis (A.DC.) C.Jeffrey

Vernonia colorata subsp. oxyura (O.Hoffm.) C.Jeffrey

Vernonia colorata subsp. colorata

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abovi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
abowi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
aovi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
bitter leaf	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
eriro-ijebu	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
ewuro	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
ko-safandé	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
ko-safi na	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
ndumburghat	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
shiwaka	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
shiwakar daji	Other	Leafy Veg. in Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014)
todzo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
zidor.	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Roots		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Root, leaves		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
leaves		Leafy Veg. in Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014)
leaf		African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eupatorium coloratum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1768 (1803).
Gymnanthemum coloratum (Willd.) H.Rob. & B.Kahn Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 99: 501 (1986).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eupatorium coloratum Willd.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gymnanthemum coloratum (Willd.) H. Rob. & B. Kahn	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Gymnanthemum coloratum (Willd.) H.Rob. & B.Kahn	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
Gymnanthemum coloratum (Willd.)H.Rob. & B.Kahn	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vernonia colorata	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Vernonia colorata (Willd.) Drake	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) 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)
Vernonia colorata (Willd.)Drake	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vernonia colorata Drake	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Vernonia. Colorata (Willd.) Drake	Leafy Veg. in Nigeria (Muhammad & Shinkafi, 2014)

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