Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pteridium centrali-africanum (Hieron.) Alston [Dennstaedtiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bracken	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
fougère	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kisielele	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nkungambwa	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nteko	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ntekwatekwa	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 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pteridium aquilinum subsp. centrali-africanum Hieron. in R.E.Fries, Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912, 1: 7 (1914).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pteridium centrali-africanum	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Pteridium centrali-africanum (Hieron.) Alston	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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