Plant Details

Accepted name:: Adenium oleifolium 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:
bitterkambro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ouheip	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pylgif	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Adenium lugardiae N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 119 (1909).
Adenium obesum subsp. oleifolium (Stapf) G.D.Rowley Repert. Pl. Succ. 29: 3 (1978 publ. 1980).
Adenium oleifolium var. angustifolium Phil. Fl. Pl. South Africa 3: 105 (1923).
Adenium somalense var. angustifolium (Phil.) G.D.Rowley Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46: 164 (1974).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Adenium lugardiae N.E.Br.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Adenium obesum (Forssk.)Roem. & Schult. oleifolium (Stapf)G.D.Rowley	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Adenium oleifolium Stapf	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Adenium oleifolium Stapf angustifolium Phil.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Adenium somalense Balf.f. angustifolium (Phil.)G.D.Rowley	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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