Plant Details

Accepted name:: Holarrhena floribunda (G.Don) T.Durand & Schinz [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ako-ire	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
are-ibeji	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
areno	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
conessi bark	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
false rubber tree	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
fufu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
holarrhena	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
holarrhene	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
holarrhene du sénégal	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
holarrhène	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
indama	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
isai	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kedan	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kinzenze	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kurchi bark	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mweriweri	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nofo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ola-ina	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
taraki	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, stem bark		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Holarrhena africana A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 414 (1844).
Holarrhena wulfsbergii Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 164 (1902).
Holarrhena floribunda var. tomentella H.Huber Kew Bull. 15: 437 (1962).
Holarrhena ovata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 414 (1844).
Rondeletia floribunda G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 516 (1834).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Holarrhena africana	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Holarrhena africana A. DC.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Holarrhena floribunda	Impact of Cult. of Med. Pl. on Biodiversity (Schippmann et al., 2002) Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Holarrhena floribunda (G. Don) Dur. & Schinz	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Holarrhena floribunda (G. Don) Dur. et Schinz.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Holarrhena floribunda (G. Don) T. Durand & Schinz	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Holarrhena floribunda (G.Don) Duroi et Schinz.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Holarrhena floribunda (G.Don) T.Durand & Schinz	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Holarrhena wulfsbergii	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Holarrhena wulfsbergii Stapf	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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