Plant Details

Accepted name:: Diospyros pallens (Thunb.) F.White [Ebenaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
umbongisa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Royena decidua Burch. Trav. S. Africa 1: 317 (1822).
Royena ambigua Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 285 (1796).
Royena brachiata E.Mey. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 213 (1844).
Royena cuneata Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 360 (1825), nom. illeg.
Royena cuneifolia E.Mey. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 214 (1844).
Royena hirsuta Jacq. Collectanea 5: 110 (1797), sensu auct.
Royena hispidula Harv. ex Hiern Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 12: 85 (1873).
Royena lycioides Desf. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 214 (1844).
Royena oleifolia Desf. ex Hiern Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 12: 85 (1873).
Royena pallens Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 80 (1794).
Royena pallens var. dregei A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 214 (1844).
Royena pubescens Willd. Enum. Pl.: 457 (1809).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Diospyros pallens (Thunb.) F.White	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Diospyros pallens (Thunb.)F.White	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Royena decidua Burch	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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