Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hydnora abyssinica A.Br. [Aristolochiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aurieng'o	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
auriong'o	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dingah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
erkunyi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
erukunyi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kaworiongo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
laka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
like	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
liki	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mnyambo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muthigira	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nyambo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
osuyo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oyusu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
toga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hydnora johannis Becc. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 3: 5 (1871).
Hydnora solmsiana Dinter Deut. Südw. Afrik.: 45 (1909).
Hydnora abyssinica var. quinquefida Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 386 (1900).
Hydnora aethiopica Decne. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 77 (1873).
Hydnora angolensis Decne. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 77 (1873).
Hydnora bogosensis Becc. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 3: 6 (1871).
Hydnora cornii Vaccaneo Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 39: 304 (1932).
Hydnora gigantea Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 156 (1916).
Hydnora gigantea var. trimera Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 157 (1916).
Hydnora hanningtonii Rendle J. Bot. 34: 55 (1896).
Hydnora johannis var. gigantea (Chiov.) Vaccaneo Atti Reale Accad. Naz. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis., ser. 6, 5: 436 (1934).
Hydnora johannis var. quinquefida (Engl.) Solms in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 76: 7 (1901).
Hydnora johannis f. quinquefida (Engl.) Vaccaneo Atti Reale Accad. Naz. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis., ser. 6, 5: 445 (1934).
Hydnora johannis f. trimera (Chiov.) Vaccaneo Atti Reale Accad. Naz. Lincei, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis., ser. 6, 5: 436 (1934).
Hydnora michaelis Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2 Anh.): 17 (1932).
Hydnora ruspolii Chiov. Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1917: 57 (1917).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hydnora abyssinica A. Braun	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hydnora abyssinica A.Br.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Hydnora abyssinica A.Braun	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Hydnora abyssinica A.Brown	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Hydnora johannis Becc.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Hydnora johannis Becc. var. johannis	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Hydnora solmsiana	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Hydnora solmsiana Dinter	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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