Plant Details

Accepted name:: Siphonochilus aethiopicus (Schweinf.) B.L.Burtt [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african ginger	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
african ginger root	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
african-ginger	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
afrikanischer ingwer	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gingembre africaine	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
indungulo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
isiphephetho	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
ndzau yavetsa	Other	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)
wild ginger	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
zenzero africano	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
zenzero africano.	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Rhizome, Roots		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
bulp		Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)
rhizome, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome, root		African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Kaempferia aethiopica (Schweinf.) Ridl. J. Bot. 25: 131 (1887).
Kaempferia ethelae J.M.Wood Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 9: 94 (1891).
Cienkowskia aethiopica Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 197 (1867).
Cienkowskiella aethiopica (Schweinf.) Y.K.Kam Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 10 (1980).
Cienkowskiella evae (Briq.) Y.K.Kam Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 10 (1980).
Kaempferia aethiopica var. angustifolia Ridl. J. Bot. 25: 131 (1887).
Kaempferia dewevrei De Wild. & T.Durand Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. 38: 142 (1899).
Kaempferia evae Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 1902: 3 (1902).
Kaempferia natalensis Schltr. & K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 72 (1904).
Kaempferia stenopetala K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 69 (1904).
Kaempferia zambeziaca Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53: 355 (1906).
Siphonochilus evae (Briq.) B.L.Burtt Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 372 (1982).
Siphonochilus natalensis (Schltr. & K.Schum.) J.M.Wood & Franks Naturalist (Port Elisabeth) 1: 115 (1911).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Kaempferia aethiopica	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Kaempferia aethiopica Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Kaempferia ethele	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Kaempferia ethele Woodford	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Siphonochilus aethiopicus	Med. Pl. by Muthi Shops in Limpopo Province, S Africa (Moeng et al., 2011) Red List Med. Pl. of S Africa (Williams et al., 2013)
Siphonochilus aethiopicus (Schweif.) B.L. Burt	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Siphonochilus aethiopicus (Schweinf.) B. L. Burtt	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Siphonochilus aethiopicus (Schweinf.) B.L. Burtt	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Siphonochilus aethiopicus (Schweinf.) B.L.Burtt	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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