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Internal ID UUID643ffbebecb4e813165999
Scientific name Zehneria scabra
Authority Sond.
First published in Fl. Cap. 2: 486 (1862)

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Zehneria scabra is a perennial herb that can either climb or trail, and is a member of the Cucurbitaceae family. It can grow up to 10 meters long and has woody stems with triangular to ovate leaves that are deep green in color. The fruit of this herb is oval shaped and bright red. It is found in Tropical Africa, Madagascar, India, and Java, Indonesia. In Ethiopia, it is known as 'hareg ressa' and is used to treat scabies by crushing its fruits and leaves to extract oil. The herb is also traditionally used to treat diarrhea, alopecia, wounds, and eczema. The Pare people of Tanzania also use oil extracts from the herb to treat skin infections.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melothria tomentosa Cogn. Monogr. Phan. 3: 614 (1881)
Melothria abyssinica Naud. Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 18: 13 (1893)
Melothria ciprianii Pic.Serm. Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 1: 259 (1951)
Melothria pulchra Buscal. & Muschl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 497 (1913)
Melothria scrobiculata Cogn. Monogr. Phan. 3: 605 (1881)
Melothria membranifolia Cogn. ex Schinz Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 420 (1895)
Melothria louisii Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 96 (1943)
Melothria mannii Cogn. Monogr. Phan. 3: 617 (1881)
Melothria longepedunculata Cogn. Monogr. Phan. 3: 612 (1881)
Pilogyne membranacea Schrad. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 278 (1836)
Pilogyne ecklonii Schrad. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 278 (1836)
Pilogyne dilatata Schrad. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 278 (1836)
Pilogyne cuspidata Schrad. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 278 (1836)
Pilogyne punctata Hort.Dammann Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 14: 459 (1889)
Pilogyne affinis Schrad. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 278 (1836)
Pilogyne setosa Regel Cat. Pl. Hort. Aksakov. : 111 (1860)
Pilogyne tenuifolia Schrad. Linnaea 12: 412 (1838)
Pilogyne suavis Schrad. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1835: 5 (1835)
Zehneria affinis Endl. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 196 (1843)
Zehneria cordata Sond. Fl. Cap. 2: 486 (1862)
Zehneria cordifolia Schweinf. ex Broun & R.E.Massey Fl. Sudan : 103 (1929)
Zehneria exasperata Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 655 (1856)
Zehneria cuspidata Endl. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 196 (1843)
Zehneria deltoidea Hook.f. Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 560. 1871
Zehneria dilatata Endl. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 196 (1843)
Zehneria ecklonis Endl. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 196 (1843)
Zehneria perpusilla (Blume) Bole & M.R.Almeida J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79: 315 (1982 publ. 1983)
Zehneria membranacea Endl. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 196 (1843)
Zehneria longepedunculata A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 287 (1848)
Zehneria scrobiculata Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 287 (1848)
Zehneria suavis (Schrad.) Endl. Cat. Hort. Vindob. 2: 279 (1842)
Bryonia angulata Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 13 (1794)
Bryonia cordata Thunb. Fl. Cap. 1: 149 (1811)
Bryonia dentata E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum. : 169 (1844)
Bryonia perpusilla Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 926 (1826)
Bryonia punctata Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 13. 1794
Bryonia scabra L.f. Suppl. Pl. : 423 (1782)
Bryonia scabra Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. 13 1794
Bryonia scabrata Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 923 (1826)
Bryonia scrobiculata Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 287. [1847 or Feb 1848]
Bryonia stipulacea var. perpusilla (Blume) Ser. Prodr. 3: 307 1828
Bryonia thunbergiana Dietr. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 123 (1821)
Cucurbita perpusilla Blume Catalogus : 105 (1823)
Cucurbita scabra Blume Catalogus : 105 (1823)
Pilogyne perpusilla (Blume) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes Reinwardtia 12: 410 (2009)
Pilogyne scabra (L.f.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes Blumea 55: 294 (2010)
Melothria perpusilla Cogn. Monogr. Phan. 3: 607 (1881)
Melothria cordata Cogn. Monogr. Phan. 3: 613 (1881)
Melothria punctata Cogn. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 615. 1881 [Jun 1881]

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Language Common/alternative name
Chinese 粗糙马㼎儿

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Zehneria scabra subsp. argyrea (Zimm.) C.Jeffrey Kew Bull. 30: 483 (1975)

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Zehneria scabra var. chirindensis C.Jeffrey Kew Bull. 30: 484 (1975)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Congo
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000430227
Tropicos 9200878
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:294481-1
The Plant List kew-2470590
Open Tree Of Life 691707
Observations.org 159781
NCBI Taxonomy 378900
IPNI 294481-1
iNaturalist 607043
GBIF 7317735
EPPO ZEHSC
Elurikkus 587823
USDA GRIN 459578
Wikipedia Zehneria_scabra

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
A comprehensive review of antimalarial medicinal plants used by Tanzanians Kacholi DS Pharm Biol 25-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10812860
doi:10.1080/13880209.2024.2305453
PMID:38270178
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local people in Habru District, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia Alemu M, Asfaw Z, Lulekal E, Warkineh B, Debella A, Sisay B, Debebe E J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 04-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10768247
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00644-x
PMID:38178202
Prevalence of herbal and traditional medicine in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 20-year studies Tuasha N, Fekadu S, Deyno S Syst Rev 13-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10717384
doi:10.1186/s13643-023-02398-9
PMID:38093343
Review of Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used to Treat Diarrhea by the People in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia Damtie D Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 25-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10693470
doi:10.1155/2023/8173543
PMID:38044982
An Ethnobotanical Survey of Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Plants Used by Communities to Treat Various Diseases around Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia Teshome M, Kebede F, Yohannes T Scientifica (Cairo) 01-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10632060
doi:10.1155/2023/5575405
PMID:37946795
Phytochemicals reduced growth, sporulation and conidial dimensions of Fusarium verticillioides, cause of fumonisin contamination in maize grains Terefe H, Yitayih G, Mengesha GG Biotechnol Rep (Amst) 30-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10661154
doi:10.1016/j.btre.2023.e00819
PMID:38020724
Medicinal plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda - a cultural crossroads Masters ET J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 27-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10605377
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00620-5
PMID:37884931
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
Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia Dagne Y, Birhanu L BMC Ecol Evol 28-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10463663
doi:10.1186/s12862-023-02154-6
PMID:37635212
Production practice, microbial quality and consumer acceptability test of traditionally produced butter in North Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia Diriba A, Eshetu M, Hailu Y Heliyon 23-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10320282
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17510
PMID:37416663
Antidiarrheal activities of methanolic crude extract and solvent fractions of the root of Verbascum sinaiticum Benth. (Scrophularaceae) in mice Worku SA, Tadesse SA, Abdelwuhab M, Asrie AB Heliyon 25-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10241862
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16386
PMID:37287619
A multicenter study on practices and related factors of traditional medicinal plant use during pregnancy among women receiving antenatal care in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia Wondemagegn AT, Seyoum G Front Public Health 17-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10149730
doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1035915
PMID:37139367
A Systematic Review of Ethnobotanical, Phytochemical, and Ethnopharmacological Studies of Urtica simensis (Stinging Nettle) Tadesse TY, Zeleke MM, Dagnew SB, Addis GT J Exp Pharmacol 01-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10075218
doi:10.2147/JEP.S404506
PMID:37035014
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
The wound healing effect of botanicals and pure natural substances used in in vivo models El-Sherbeni SA, Negm WA Inflammopharmacology 22-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10140094
doi:10.1007/s10787-023-01157-5
PMID:36811778

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