Plant Details

Accepted name:: Xysmalobium undulatum (L.) W.T.Aiton [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Xysmalobium undulatum var. ensifolium Burch. ex Scott Elliot

Xysmalobium undulatum var. undulatum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitterhout	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitterhoutwortel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitterwortel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inshongwane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ishongwane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ishongwe	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
itshongwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iyeza elimhlophe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iyeza-elim-hlophe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
leshokhoa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
leshokxwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lethokxwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
melkbos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
milk bush	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
milkbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
milkwort	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mubva	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nwachaba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ombaruru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
phohotsehla	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
photshehele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pohotshela	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uzara	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
uzara.	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
uzarae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
uzarawurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
uzaron	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uzura	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vhubva	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild cotton	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
xysmalobium undulatum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root		African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

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

Asclepias repanda Paláu Parte Práct. Bot. 2: 563 (1784), nom. superfl.
Asclepias undulata L. Sp. Pl.: 214 (1753).
Gomphocarpus undulatus (L.) Schltr. Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 10 (1894), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Xysmalobium undulatum (L.) Aiton f.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Xysmalobium undulatum (L.) R. Br.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Xysmalobium undulatum (L.) R.Br.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Xysmalobium undulatum (L.) W.T. Aiton	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Xysmalobium undulatum (L.) W.T.Aiton	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Xysmalobium undulatum (L.)W.T.Aiton	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Xysmalobium undulatum (Linné) R.Brown	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Xysmalobium undulatum L.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Xysmalobium undulatum R.Br.	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Xysmalobium undulatum R.Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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