Plant Details

Accepted name:: Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl. [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
forest anchomanes	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kikwa ki bankita	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mpansa makunsi dioko dikisimbi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

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

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

Anchomanes welwitschii Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 88 (1899).
Amorphophallus difformis Blume Rumphia 1: 149 (1837).
Anchomanes difformis var. welwitschii (Rendle) Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23C: 55 (1911).
Anchomanes dubius Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 135 (1860).
Anchomanes hookeri (Kunth) Schott Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 3: 314 (1853).
Anchomanes hookeri var. pallidus Hook. Bot. Mag. 89: t. 5394 (1863).
Anchomanes obtusus A.Chev. J. Bot. (Morot) 22: 134 (1909).
Anchomanes petiolatus (Hook.) Hutch. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 359 (1936).
Caladium petiolatum Hook. Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3728 (1840).
Cyrtosperma congoensis L.Linden Semaine Hort. 4: 472 (1900).
Pythonium hookeri Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 31 (1841).
Sauromatum ferox Linden ex Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 305 (1879).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anchomanes difformis	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Anchomanes difformis (Bl.) Engl.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Anchomanes difformis (Blume) Engl.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Anchomanes difformis Engler	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Anchomanes welwitschii Rendle	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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