Plant Details

Accepted name:: Welwitschia mirabilis Hook.f. [Welwitschiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!kharo.s	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!kharos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
onyanga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
otjitumbo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tweeblaarkanniedood	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
welwitschia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
welwitschie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wonderplant	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:

Welwitschia bainesii (Hook.f.) Carrière Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 783 (1867), nom. provis.
Tumboa bainesii Hook.f. Gard. Chron. 1861: 1008 (1861), nom. provis.
Welwitschia mirabilis subsp. namibiana Leuenb. Willdenowia 31: 375 (2001).
Welwitschia namibiana (Leuenb.) Christenh. & Byng Global Fl. 4: 51 (2018).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Welwitschia bainesii (Hook.f.)Carr	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Welwitschia mirabilis Hook.f.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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