Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gunnera perpensa L. [Gunneraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
river pumpkin	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
ugobho	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Rhizome		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gunnera calthifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 11 (1796).
Gunnera perpensa var. alpina T.C.E.Fr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 36 (1924).
Gunnera perpensa var. angusta Schindl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 225: 117 (1905).
Gunnera perpensa var. kilimandscharica Schindl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 225: 117 (1905).
Perpensum blitispermum Burm.f. Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 30 (1768).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gunnera perpensa	Red List Med. Pl. of S Africa (Williams et al., 2013)
Gunnera perpensa L.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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