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Cadaba aphylla

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
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Distribution
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Internal ID UUID64400e8063306248898277
Scientific name Cadaba aphylla
Authority (Thunb.) Wild
First published in Fl. Zambes. 1: 207 (1960)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Macromerum junceum Burch. Trav. S. Africa 1: 388 (1822)
Schepperia aphylla Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 14 (1835)
Schepperia juncea DC. Prodr. 1: 245 (1824)
Cadaba juncea Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. , ed. 2: 13 (1868)
Cadaba juncea Szyszył. Polypet. Thalam. Rehmann. 18. 1887 Preprinted from Rozpr. Spraw. Posiedzen Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn. 17: 96-167 (1888) [see TL-2 13.636]
Cleome aphylla Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 109 (1800)
Cleome chrysogyna Gilg ex Heilbr. Ark. Bot. 23A(10): 13 (1931)
Cleome intermedia Heilborn Ark. Bot. 23A(10): 16 (1931)
Cleome longistyla Heilborn Ark. Bot. 23A(10): 16 (1931)
Cleome pichinchensis Heilborn Ark. Bot. 23A(10): 17. 1931
Cleome sodiroi Gilg ex Heilbr. Ark. Bot. 23A(10): 14 (1931)
Cadaba juncea Harv. ex Hook.f.

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Language Common/alternative name
English leafless worm bush
Afrikaans stormbos
Arabic قضب لاورقي

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000578346
Tropicos 5900538
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146186-1
The Plant List kew-2689641
Open Tree Of Life 482398
NCBI Taxonomy 379213
IUCN Red List 146230210
IPNI 146186-1
iNaturalist 524340
GBIF 3872734
EPPO CDBAP
Wikipedia Cadaba_aphylla

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Indigenous knowledge and use of medicinal plants for ethnoveterinary within the North West Province, South Africa Ndou RV, Materechera SA, Mwanza M, Otang-Mbeng W, Ijane MF Front Vet Sci 22-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10703488
doi:10.3389/fvets.2023.1273562
PMID:38076569
Resources and Habitat Requirements for Giraffes’ (Giraffa camelopardalis) Diet Selection in the Northwestern Kalahari, South Africa Deacon F, Smit GN, Grobbelaar A Animals (Basel) 03-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10339880
doi:10.3390/ani13132188
PMID:37443986
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by indigenous knowledge holders to manage healthcare needs in children Ndhlovu PT, Asong JA, Omotayo AO, Otang-Mbeng W, Aremu AO PLoS One 27-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10042359
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282113
PMID:36972257
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
A Review of Ethnoveterinary Knowledge, Biological Activities and Secondary Metabolites of Medicinal Woody Plants Used for Managing Animal Health in South Africa Selogatwe KM, Asong JA, Struwig M, Ndou RV, Aremu AO Vet Sci 12-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8537377
doi:10.3390/vetsci8100228
PMID:34679058
Ethnoveterinary Knowledge and Biological Evaluation of Plants Used for Mitigating Cattle Diseases: A Critical Insight Into the Trends and Patterns in South Africa Chakale MV, Mwanza M, Aremu AO Front Vet Sci 19-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8417044
doi:10.3389/fvets.2021.710884
PMID:34490402
Spiny plants, mammal browsers, and the origin of African savannas Charles-Dominique T, Davies TJ, Hempson GP, Bezeng BS, Daru BH, Kabongo RM, Maurin O, Muasya AM, van der Bank M, Bond WJ Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 06-Sep-2016
PMCID:PMC5035896
doi:10.1073/pnas.1607493113
PMID:27601649

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