Plant Details

Accepted name:: Corynanthe johimbe K.Schum. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
johimbe	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yohimbe	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yohimbe bark	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
yohimbe cortex	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
yohimbe tree	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
yohimbebaum	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
yohimbehe cortex	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
yohimbeherinde	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
yohimbi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yohimbé	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
bark		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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

Pausinystalia johimbe (K.Schum.) Pierre Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 61: 130 (1906).
Pausinystalia trillesii Beille Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 61: 130 (1906).
Pausinystalia zenkeri W.Brandt Arch. Pharm. (Berlin) 260: 67 (1922).
Pseudocinchona johimbe (K.Schum.) A.Chev. Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 182: 1402 (1926).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Corynanthe johimbe	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Corynanthe johimbe K. Schum.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Corynanthe johimbe K.Schum.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Corynanthe johimbe Schum.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Corynanthe yohimbe Schumann	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Corynanthe yohimbi	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Pausinystalia johimbe	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pausinystalia johimbe (K Schum.) Pierre	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Pausinystalia johimbe (K. Schum.) Pierre	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Pausinystalia johimbe (K. Schum.) Pierre ex Beille	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pausinystalia johimbe (K.Schum.) Beille	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pausinystalia johimbe (K.Schum.) Pierre	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Pausinystalia johimbe (K.Schum.) Pierre ex Beille	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Méd. de Douala, Cameroun (Dibong et al., 2011)
Pausinystalia johimbe (K.Schuman) Pierre ex Beille	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Pausinystalia johimbe (K.schum.) Pierre Ex Beille	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Pausinystalia yohimba Pierre	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pausinystalia yohimbe (K.Schumann) Pierre ex Beille	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)

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