Plant Details

Accepted name:: Voacanga africana Stapf [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
afaf	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
akete	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
ako dodo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
ako-dodo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
bunbo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
cata grande	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
cata-grande	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
degbe degbe	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
deguedegue	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
dodo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
foba	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
gboni	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
ibalak	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
igi dodo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
kagil	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
kaka pempe paapaku	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
kirongasi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ksiso	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
kwatie kwatie	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
munkodinkodi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ninge-ekunyi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
o-banawa	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
ovien-ibu	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
pete pete	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
pete-pete	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
piegba	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
small-fruit wild frangipani	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
sulaberekilo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
voacang	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
voacanga	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
voacanga d'afrique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
voacanga d’afrique	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Latex, stem, root bark		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
root, stem bark		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
seed, bark, root		African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Voacanga schweinfurthii Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 21 (1894).
Voacanga africana var. auriculata Pichon Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 19: 412 (1947).
Voacanga africana var. glabra (K.Schum.) Pichon Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 19: 412 (1947).
Voacanga africana var. lutescens (Stapf) Pichon Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 19: 412 (1947).
Voacanga angolensis Stapf ex Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 668 (1898).
Voacanga angustifolia K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 317 (1895).
Voacanga bequaertii De Wild. Pl. Bequaert. 1: 402 (1922).
Voacanga boehmii K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 317 (1895).
Voacanga eketensis Wernham J. Bot. 52: 25 (1914).
Voacanga glaberrima Wernham J. Bot. 52: 25 (1914).
Voacanga glabra K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 149 (1895).
Voacanga klainii Pierre ex Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 156 (1902).
Voacanga lemosii Philipson in A.W.Exell, Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé: 241 (1944).
Voacanga lutescens Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 157 (1902).
Voacanga magnifolia Wernham in A.B.Rendle & al., Cat. Pl. Oban: 62 (1913).
Voacanga puberula K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 149 (1895).
Voacanga schweinfurthii var. parviflora K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 226 (1896).
Voacanga schweinfurthii var. puberula (K.Schum.) Pichon Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 19: 410 (1948).
Voacanga spectabilis Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 155 (1902).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Voacanga africana	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Voacanga africana Stapf	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Pl. Méd. de Douala, Cameroun (Dibong et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Voacanga africana Stapf ex Scott Elliot	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Voacanga africana Stapf ex Scott-Elliot	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Voacanga africana Stapf.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Voacanga africana Stapf. ex Eliot	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Voacanga schweinfurthii Stapf.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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