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Gymnosporia heterophylla

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Internal ID UUID64401f5df001d060771848
Scientific name Gymnosporia heterophylla
Authority Loes.
First published in Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 429 (1896)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Maytenus heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) N.Robson Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2, 39: 17 (1965)
Cassine latifolia var. heterophylla Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 467 1860
Catha cymosa G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 10. 1832 [Oct 1832]
Catha heterophylla C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 463 (1845)
Catha parvifolius C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 464 (1845)
Catha venenata C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 464 (1845)
Celastrus angularis Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 460 (1860)
Celastrus cymosus Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 1: 121. [Dec 1834-Mar 1835]
Celastrus glomeratus E.Mey. ex Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 458 (1860)
Celastrus heterophyllus Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 120 (1835)
Celastrus parvifolius Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 121 (1835)
Celastrus venenatus Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 121 (1835)
Elaeodendron glaucum Szyszył. Polypet. Discifl. Rehmann. 36. 1888 Preprinted or reprinted from Rozpr. Spraw. Posiedzen Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn. 18: 1-75 (1888) [see TL-2 13.637]
Gymnosporia angularis Sim Forest Fl. Cape : 185 (1907)
Gymnosporia glauca Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28(2): 154. 1900 [9 Mar 1900]
Gymnosporia nyassica Gilli Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 74: 443 (1970 publ. 1971)
Celastrus heterophyllus var. glomeratus Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 458 1860
Gymnosporia trigyna var. macrocarpa H.Perrier Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 183 1942
Gymnosporia woodii var. polyantha Loes.
Celastrus buxifolius var. venenatus (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond.
Gymnosporia buxifolia var. venenata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Szyszył.
Celastrus glomeratus E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum. : 146 (1843)

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans riffelstam-pendoring
Afrikaans riffelstampendoring
Arabic عاري البوغ متباين الأوراق
ts xithlangwa
Chinese 异叶美登木
Chinese 异叶裸实
Chinese 苦皮藤

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  • Africa
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000712953
Tropicos 6600918
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:161366-1
The Plant List kew-2836130
Open Tree Of Life 86494
NCBI Taxonomy 992706
IUCN Red List 146458347
IPNI 161366-1
iNaturalist 428293
GBIF 3790807
Freebase /m/04yh59z
USDA GRIN 447793
Wikipedia Gymnosporia_heterophylla

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Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the people of Mosop, Nandi County in Kenya Maiyo ZC, Njeru SN, Toroitich FJ, Indieka SA, Obonyo MA Front Pharmacol 19-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10834697
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1328903
PMID:38313073
Potential of medicinal plants as antimalarial agents: a review of work done at Kenya Medical Research Institute Irungu B, Okari E, Nyangi M, Njeru S, Koech L Front Pharmacol 20-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10623325
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1268924
PMID:37927601
The role of topographic and soil factors on woody plant encroachment in mountainous rangelands: A mini literature review Gxasheka M, Gajana CS, Dlamini P Heliyon 12-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10590860
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20615
PMID:37876417
Ethnoveterinary Study of Plant-Based Remedies for Treating Diseases in Small Ruminants in Maputo Province, Mozambique Barbosa FM, Cala AC, Sevastyanov V, Boane E, Hlashwayo DF Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 05-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10569895
doi:10.1155/2023/1842870
PMID:37842333
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Medicinal plants utilized in the management of epilepsy in Ethiopia: ethnobotany, pharmacology and phytochemistry Birhan YS Chin Med 19-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9675240
doi:10.1186/s13020-022-00686-5
PMID:36403053
Genome Mining and Gene Expression Reveal Maytansine Biosynthetic Genes from Endophytic Communities Living inside Gymnosporia heterophylla (Eckl. and Zeyh.) Loes. and the Relationship with the Plant Biosynthetic Gene, Friedelin Synthase Pitakbut T, Spiteller M, Kayser O Plants (Basel) 25-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8840412
doi:10.3390/plants11030321
PMID:35161302
Wound Healing Activities and Potential of Selected African Medicinal Plants and Their Synthesized Biogenic Nanoparticles Tyavambiza C, Dube P, Goboza M, Meyer S, Madiehe AM, Meyer M Plants (Basel) 30-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8706794
doi:10.3390/plants10122635
PMID:34961106
Natural Products and Their Derivatives against Human Herpesvirus Infection Ruchawapol C, Yuan M, Wang SM, Fu WW, Xu HX Molecules 18-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8541008
doi:10.3390/molecules26206290
PMID:34684870
Antiplasmodial, antimalarial activities and toxicity of African medicinal plants: a systematic review of literature Tajbakhsh E, Kwenti TE, Kheyri P, Nezaratizade S, Lindsay DS, Khamesipour F Malar J 25-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8390284
doi:10.1186/s12936-021-03866-0
PMID:34433465
In Vitro Production and Exudation of 20-Hydroxymaytenin from Gymnosporia heterophylla (Eckl. and Zeyh.) Loes. Cell Culture Pitakbut T, Spiteller M, Kayser O Plants (Basel) 21-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8398937
doi:10.3390/plants10081493
PMID:34451538
Impact of exclosures on woody species diversity in degraded lands: the case of Lemo in Southwestern Ethiopia Fikadu A, Argaw M Heliyon 27-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8100080
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06898
PMID:33997415
Medicinal plants as a fight against murine blood-stage malaria Dkhil MA, Al-Quraishy S, Al-Shaebi EM, Abdel-Gaber R, Thagfan FA, Qasem MA Saudi J Biol Sci 19-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7938113
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.12.014
PMID:33732056
The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants in the treatment of viral respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations Cock IE, Van Vuuren SF J Ethnopharmacol 27-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7384428
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2020.113194
PMID:32730880
The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants for the treatment of bacterial respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations Cock IE, Van Vuuren SF J Ethnopharmacol 27-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7383173
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2020.113204
PMID:32730881

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