Plant Details

Accepted name:: Strophanthus divaricatus (Lour.) Hook. & Arn. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
goat-horns	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yang jiao niu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yangjiaoniu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
羊角扭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
羊角拗	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
羊角拗子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
羊角纽花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Stem, Leaf		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pergularia divaricata Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 169 (1790).
Periploca divaricata (Lour.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 836 (1824).
Strophanthus divergens Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1827(April-June): 177 (1827).
Emericia divaricata (Lour.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 401 (1819).
Faskia divaricata (Lour.) Lour. ex B.A.Gomes Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes, n.s., 4(1): 28 (1868).
Nerium chinense W.Hunter ex Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 9 (1832).
Streptocaulon divaricatum (Lour.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 162 (1837).
Strophanthus chinensis G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 85 (1837).
Strophanthus dichotomus var. chinensis Ker Bot. Reg. 6: t. 469 (1820).
Vallaris divaricata (Lour.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 79 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pergularia divaricata Loureiro	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pergularis divaricata Lour.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Periploca divaricata Sprengel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Strophanthus divaricatus (Lour.) Hook. & Am.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Strophanthus divaricatus (Lour.) Hook. & Arn.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Strophanthus divaricatus (Lour.) Hook. et Arn.	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Strophanthus divergens Graham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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