Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pentzia incana (Thunb.) Kuntze [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ankerkaro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ankerkaroo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitter karroobossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common karro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gansie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
goedkaro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
grootgansie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karobos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karoobos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karoobossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karroo bush	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kleingansie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rooikarobos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sheep bush	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
skaapbos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
skaapbossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
soetkaroo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vaalkaro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
witkarobos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pentzia virgata Less. Syn. Gen. Compos.: 266 (1832).
Chrysanthemum incanum Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 161 (1800).
Pentzia cotuloides DC. Prodr. 6: 138 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pentzia incana (Thunb.) Kuntze	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pentzia incana (Thunb.)Kuntze	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pentzia incana Kuntze	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pentzia virgata	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Pentzia virgata Less.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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