Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pseudodictamnus africanus (L.) Salmaki & Siadati [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african horehound	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cat-herb	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
catnip	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kattekruid	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
katterkruie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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

Ballota africana (L.) Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 594 (1834).
Marrubium africanum L. Sp. Pl.: 583 (1753).
Beringeria africana (L.) Neck. Elem. Bot. 1: 312 (1790), opus utique oppr.
Beringeria crispa (L.) G.Don in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 545 (1839).
Marrubium crispum L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1674 (1763).
Marrubium laurifolium Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 510 (1821).
Marrubium thouinii Schult. ex Weinm. Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 23 (1825).
Pseudodictamnus emarginatus (L.) Moench Suppl. Meth.: 139 (1802).
Stachys africana (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 262 (1898).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ballota africana	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Ballota africana (L.) Benth.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ballota africana Benth.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Ballota africana Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Marrubium africanum L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pseudodictamnus africanus (L.) Salmaki & Siadati	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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