Plant Details

Accepted name:: Launaea cornuta (Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
(mu)-thunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
achak	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lekulee	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lukwaras	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mnyinya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mtsunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mtsunga wa utsungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muthuga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muthunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutsunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutsungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nachorongae	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ruheha	Other	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
uthunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, root		Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sonchus cornutus Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 459 (1841).
Sonchus exauriculatus O.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 421 (1895).
Lactuca farinulenta (Chiov.) Cufod. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 50: 115 (1943).
Launaea courtetiana O.Hoffm. & Muschl. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 119 (1910).
Launaea exauriculata (O.Hoffm.) Amin ex Boulos Bot. Not. 115: 59 (1962).
Launaea farinulenta Chiov. Atti Reale Accad. Italia, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11: 41 (1940).
Launaea virgata O.Hoffm. & Muschl. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 119 (1910).
Prenanthes somaliensis C.Jeffrey Kew Bull. 18: 434 (1966).
Sonchus kabarensis De Wild. Pl. Bequaert. 5: 463 (1932).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Launaea cornuta (Hochst ex Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Launaea cornuta (Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern) C. Jeffrey	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Launaea cornuta (Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Launaea cornuta (Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern)C.Jeffrey	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Launaea cornuta (Oliv. & Hiern) O. Jeffrey	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Sonchus cornutus Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sonchus exauriculatus (O. et H.) Hoffman	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
Sonchus exauriculatus (Oliv. & Hiern) O. Hoffm.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Sonchus exauriculatus (Oliv. & Hiern)O.Hoffm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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