Plant Details

Accepted name:: Xenostegia tridentata subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) Lejoly & Lisowski [Convolvulaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies of:: Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abiarunum	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
atewegbore	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
yimbururu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
tuber, root		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Merremia angustifolia (Jacq.) Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552 (1893).
Merremia tridentata subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) Ooststr. Blumea 3: 323 (1939).
Convolvulus angustifolius (Jacq.) Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 547 (1792).
Convolvulus filicaulis Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 24 (1794).
Ipomoea angustifolia Jacq. Collectanea 2: 367 (1788).
Ipomoea bidentata G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 266 (1837).
Ipomoea convolvuloides Schinz Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 273 (1888).
Ipomoea filicaulis (Vahl) Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 721 (1826).
Merremia angustifolia var. ambigua Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 117 (1893).
Merremia tridentata var. pubescens Rendle in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 112 (1905).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Merremia angustifolia Hall. f.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f. subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) Ooststr.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Merremia tridentata Hallier subsp. angustifolia Oost.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Merremia tridentata angustifolia (Linn.) Hall. f.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) A.Meeuse	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)

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