Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cryptolepis nigrescens (Wennberg) L.Joubert & Bruyns [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ngovi	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
njovi polu	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
ogbo	Other	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, stem		Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
entire plant		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Parquetina nigrescens (Wennberg) Bullock Kew Bull. 15: 205 (1961).
Periploca gabonica (Baill.) A.Chev. Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 31: 251 (1951).
Periploca nigrescens Wennberg in A.Afzelius, Stirp. Guinea Med. Sp. Nov. 1: 2 (1818).
Parquetina gabonica Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 806 (1889).
Periploca afzelii G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 163 (1837).
Periploca preussii K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 117 (1893).
Periploca wildemanii A.Chev. Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 197 (1913), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cryptolepis nigrescens (Wennberg) L.Joubert & Bruyns	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Parquetina nigrescens	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
Parquetina nigrescens (Afzel.) Bullock	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Periploca gabonica A. Chev.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Periploca nigrescens Afzel	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
Periploca nigrescens Afzel.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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