Plant Details

Accepted name:: Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bead maerua	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
bead-bean	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
broom bush	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
bushveld bead-bean	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
jivanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kheemp	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kheep	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
khimp	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khimparlo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khimparo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khip	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
kip	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahameda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marakh	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
markh	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
mkuruka	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
mlala-mbuzi	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
mutunguru	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
pallakudy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shajarat al nar	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
thaliawar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
مركه	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant, seeds, flowers		Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
Whole plant, seeds		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
branches		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cynanchum pyrotechnicum Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 53 (1775).
Gymnema spartium (Wight) Wall. Numer. List: n.° 8199 (1847).
Leptadenia spartum Wight Contr. Bot. India: 48 (1834).
Leptadenia gracilis G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 124 (1837).
Leptadenia jacquemontiana Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 9: 270 (1838).
Microloma angustifolium Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 64 (1883).
Microloma pyrotechnicum (Forssk.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 855 (1824).
Periploca pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Spreng. ex Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 2: 258 (1831).
Sarcostemma pyrotechnicum (Forssk.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 116 (1820).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cynanchum pyrotechnicum Forssk.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gymnema spartium Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forsk.) Decne.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forskal) Decne	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.)	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne.	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Dec’ne	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.)Decne.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forsskal) Decne	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Leptadenia spartium Wight	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Leptadenia spartium Wight & Arn.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Leptadenia spartium Wight.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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