Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rauvolfia caffra Sond. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african-quinine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mkongo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mkufi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mlengwelengwe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mlolo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mpambamvula	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
msabua	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
msesawe	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mseseve	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
msesewe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mseswe	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
msumai	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mtawentwe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mutochi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mutoto	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
muveliveli	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
muyesani	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mvumbamvula	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mwembe mwitu	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mwembemwitu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mwerere taveta	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mweti	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mwimbe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mwimbi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
njavokalia	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nutu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
oljabokalyan	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
oltawakalian	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
quinine tree	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
quininetree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
umhlamba amasi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umhlambamase	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umjela	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umjelo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umtundisa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rauvolfia inebrians K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 154 (1895).
Rauvolfia natalensis Sond. Linnaea 23: 78 (1850).
Rauvolfia obliquinervis Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 112 (1902).
Rauvolfia verticillata A.Chev. Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 194 (1913), nom. nud.
Rauvolfia welwitschii Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 110 (1902).
Rauvolfia caffra var. natalensis Stapf ex Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 665 (1898).
Rauvolfia goetzei Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 113 (1902).
Rauvolfia gonioclada K.Schum. ex Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 110 (1902).
Rauvolfia mayombensis Pellegr. Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie, n.s., 1(2): 27 (1928).
Rauvolfia ochrosioides K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 154 (1895).
Rauvolfia oxyphylla Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 407 (1908).
Rauvolfia tchibangensis Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 31: 466 (1925).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rauvolfia caffra Sond.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rauvolfia verticillata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rauvolfia welwitschii Stapf	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Rauwolfia caffra Sond.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Rauwolfia inebrians Schumann	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rauwolfia natalensis Sond.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rauwolfia obliquinervis Stapf.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rauwolfia welwitschii Stapf	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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