Plant Details

Accepted name:: Raphionacme velutina 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:
!ai!ai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!xo!xama	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
#hae	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bi:	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bi:sa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bieaa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bushman water root	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ella	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etundu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
goeh	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gurukaka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
n/oa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
zurukaka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|kai\|kai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|ke\|ke	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Raphionacme burkei N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(1): 537 (1907).
Raphionacme dinteri Schltr. ex Schinz Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 55: 245 (1910).
Brachystelma viridiflorum Turrill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 259 (1924).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Raphionacme burkei N.E.Br.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Raphionacme dinteri Schltr. ex Schinz	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Raphionacme velutina Schltr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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