Plant Details

Accepted name:: Calodendrum capense (L.f.) Thunb. [Rutaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cape chestnut	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
châtaignier du cap	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umbaba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umbatha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umbhaba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umemezi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umemezi omhlophe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umemezilomhlope	Other	Prices of Med. Pl. Traded in the Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2007)
umsitshana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
white umemezi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild chestnut	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wildekastaiing	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yangu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yangu oil	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:

Dictamnus capensis L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 232 (1782).
Dictamnus calodendrum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 476 (1812).
Pallassia capensis Christm. Vollst. Pflanzensyst. 3: 318 (1778).
Tarenna papyracea Burtt Davy Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 279 (1921).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Calodendrum capense (L.f.) Thunb.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Prices of Med. Pl. Traded in the Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Calodendrum capense (L.f.)Thunb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Calodendrum capense Thunb.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Dictamnus capensis L.f.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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