Plant Details

Accepted name:: Strophanthus boivinii Baill. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
roupellina	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
wood shaving flower	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

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

Roupellina boivinii (Baill.) Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 64 (1949).
Roupellina boivinii var. angustifolia (H.Perrier ex Pichon) Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 67 (1949).
Roupellina boivinii var. grandiflora (Pichon) Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 67 (1949).
Roupellina boivinii var. typica Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 66 (1949), not validly publ.
Strophanthus arboreus Boivin ex Franch. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 5: 252 (1893), pro syn.
Strophanthus aurantiacus Blondel Stroph. Comm. Paris: 11 (1888), not validly publ.
Strophanthus boivinii var. angustifolius H.Perrier ex Pichon Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 211 (1948 publ. 1949).
Strophanthus boivinii var. grandiflorus Pichon Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 211 (1948 publ. 1949).
Strophanthus grevei Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 757 (1888).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Strophanthus boivini Baillon	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Strophanthus boivinii Baill.	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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