Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gnetum africanum Welw. [Gnetaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
eru	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Thoa africana (Welw.) Doweld Turczaninowia 3(4): 32 (2000).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gnetum africanum	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002)
Gnetum africanum Welw.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Gnetum africanum Welwitsch	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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