Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!ao!hutcara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bokhoring	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kahuisamasini	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kajingalwidi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kashitamashini	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
melkbos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mukangaza	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
musinga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muthinga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muvamakaka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muzovu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nangwali	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red-stemmed cryptolepis	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rukangazi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rwapene	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|u-tutu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cryptolepis brazzaei Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 803 (1889).
Cryptolepis nigritana (Benth.) N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 251 (1902).
Ectadiopsis acutifolia (Sond.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 822 (1893).
Ectadiopsis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 822 (1893).
Ectadium oblongifolium Meisn. London J. Bot. 2: 542 (1843).
Cryptolepis angolensis Welw. ex Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 677 (1898).
Cryptolepis baumii Schltr. in O.Warburg (ed.), Kunene-Sambesi Exped.: 340 (1903), nom. illeg.
Cryptolepis baumii N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 247 (1902).
Cryptolepis buxifolia Chiov. Racc. Bot.: 80 (1935).
Cryptolepis debeerstii De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 180 (1904).
Cryptolepis elliotii Schltr. J. Bot. 33: 300 (1895).
Cryptolepis hensii N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 246 (1902).
Cryptolepis linearis N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 408 (1908).
Cryptolepis longiflora Van Houtte ex Bosse Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2, 5: 126 (1854).
Cryptolepis producta N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 247 (1902).
Cryptolepis sizenandii Rolfe Bol. Soc. Brot. 11: 86 (1893).
Cryptolepis suffruticosa (K.Schum.) N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 251 (1902).
Cryptolepis welwitschii (Baill.) Schltr. J. Bot. 33: 301 (1895).
Cryptolepis welwitschii var. luteola Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 677 (1898).
Ectadiopsis buettneri K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 219 (1895).
Ectadiopsis lanceolata Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 803 (1889).
Ectadiopsis myrtifolia Baill.
Ectadiopsis nigritana Benth. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 12: t. 1187 (1876).
Ectadiopsis producta (N.E.Br.) Bullock Kew Bull. 10: 278 (1955).
Ectadiopsis scandens K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 219 (1895).
Ectadiopsis suffruticosa K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 453 (1900).
Ectadiopsis welwitschii Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 803 (1889).
Secamone acutifolia Sond. Linnaea 23: 76 (1850).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cryptolepis brazzaei Baill.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cryptolepis brazzaei Baillon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cryptolepis nigritana NE Br.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.)Schltr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ectadiopsis acutifolia (Sond.)Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ectadiopsis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Benth. ex Schltr.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Ectadiopsis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Ectadiopsis oblongifolia (Meisn.)Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ectadium oblongifolium Meisn.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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