Plant Details

Accepted name:: Croton megalobotrys Müll.Arg. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chilam	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fever berry	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fever-bark tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fever-berry croton	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
grootkoorsbessie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gubouga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ixolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
large fever-berry	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lijaha	Other	Prices of Med. Pl. Traded in the Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2007)
lowveld croton	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mobwiti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moepe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moshoole	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
motsebe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
motsebi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
motsibi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
motukatuka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mtonga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mtoowa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mubvuguta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mufumpu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mugugu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mununkila	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mupupu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
murongo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muruthu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutsebi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutwatwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
phofutsa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
phokotsa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
phukutsa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pokudza	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pukhutsa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
river fever-berry	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shungushungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shungweshungwe	Other	Prices of Med. Pl. Traded in the Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2007)
transvaal croton	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umtua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Croton gubouga S.Moore J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 196 (1911).
Oxydectes megalobotrys (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Croton gubouga	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Croton gubouga Moore	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Croton gubouga S.Moore	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Croton megalobotrys	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Croton megalobotrys Muell.Arg.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Croton megalobotrys Mull.Arg.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Croton megalobotrys Müll. Arg.	Prices of Med. Pl. Traded in the Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2007)
Croton megalobotrys Müll.Arg.	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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