Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pachypodium rutenbergianum Vatke [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bontaka	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
vohely	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
vontaka	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pachypodium meridionale (H.Perrier) Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 109 (1949).
Pachypodium rutenbergianum var. meridionale H.Perrier Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53: 311 (1934).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pachypodium rutenbergianum Vatke	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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