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Internal ID UUID643fdff1a2be9367112366
Scientific name Jatropha zeyheri
Authority Sond.
First published in Linnaea 23: 117 (1850)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Jatropha brachyadenia Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, I: 66 (1910)
Jatropha zeyheri var. platyphylla Pax Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, I: 66 (1910)
Jatropha zeyheri var. subsimplex Prain Fl. Cap. 5(2): 426 (1920)
Jatropha zeyheri var. zeyheri Sond.

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans verfbol
Arabic يطروفة زايرية
Zulu ugodide

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

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000220076
Tropicos 12803038
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:350524-1
The Plant List kew-105020
Open Tree Of Life 26478
NCBI Taxonomy 1128765
IPNI 350524-1
iNaturalist 588173
GBIF 3072800
EOL 1155971

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Nature’s Green Potential: Anticancer Properties of Plants of the Euphorbiaceae Family Jiménez-González V, Kowalczyk T, Piekarski J, Szemraj J, Rijo P, Sitarek P Cancers (Basel) 25-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10778523
doi:10.3390/cancers16010114
PMID:38201542
Silene uniflora Extracts for Strawberry Postharvest Protection Buzón-Durán L, Sánchez-Hernández E, Martín-Ramos P, Navas-Gracia LM, García-González MC, Oliveira R, Martín-Gil J Plants (Basel) 29-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10180817
doi:10.3390/plants12091846
PMID:37176904
Antifungal Activity of Bioactive Compounds Produced by the Endophytic Fungus Paecilomyces sp. (JN227071.1) against Rhizoctonia solani Hawar SN, Taha ZK, Hamied AS, Al-Shmgani HS, Sulaiman GM, Elsilk SE Int J Biomater 20-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10139814
doi:10.1155/2023/2411555
PMID:37122583
An Inventory of South African Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Sexually Transmitted and Related Opportunistic Infections: An Appraisal and Some Scientific Evidence (1990–2020) Mongalo NI, Raletsena MV Plants (Basel) 25-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9738887
doi:10.3390/plants11233241
PMID:36501281
Ethnoveterinary Practices and Ethnobotanical Knowledge on Plants Used against Cattle Diseases among Two Communities in South Africa Chakale MV, Asong JA, Struwig M, Mwanza M, Aremu AO Plants (Basel) 05-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9268905
doi:10.3390/plants11131784
PMID:35807736
Water availability, bedrock, disturbance by herbivores, and climate determine plant diversity in South-African savanna Hejda M, Čuda J, Pyšková K, Zambatis G, Foxcroft LC, MacFadyen S, Storch D, Tropek R, Pyšek P Sci Rep 10-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8748544
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02870-3
PMID:35013353
Bioactive Compounds as Potential Agents for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Management: A Review to Explore Molecular Mechanisms of Action Sharifi-Rad J, Quispe C, Rahavian A, Pereira Carneiro JN, Rocha JE, Alves Borges Leal AL, Bezerra Morais Braga MF, Melo Coutinho HD, Ansari Djafari A, Alarcón-Zapata P, Martorell M, Antika G, Tumer TB, Cruz-Martins N, Helon P, Paprocka P, Koch W, Docea AO, Calina D Front Pharmacol 24-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8421529
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.674682
PMID:34504422
Bacterial Skin Infections in Livestock and Plant-Based Alternatives to Their Antibiotic Treatment Mala L, Lalouckova K, Skrivanova E Animals (Basel) 23-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8388705
doi:10.3390/ani11082473
PMID:34438930
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
African Herbal Medicines: Adverse Effects and Cytotoxic Potentials with Different Therapeutic Applications Okaiyeto K, Oguntibeju OO Int J Environ Res Public Health 02-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8199769
doi:10.3390/ijerph18115988
PMID:34199632
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
Natural resources used as folk cosmeceuticals among rural communities in Vhembe district municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa Setshego MV, Aremu AO, Mooki O, Otang-Mbeng W BMC Complement Med Ther 12-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7076813
doi:10.1186/s12906-020-2869-x
PMID:32164701
Ethnobotanical study of curative plants used by traditional healers to treat rhinitis in the Limpopo Province, South Africa Semenya SS, Maroyi A Afr Health Sci 01-Dec-2018
PMCID:PMC6354866
doi:10.4314/ahs.v18i4.29
PMID:30766574
Plants Used by Bapedi Traditional Healers to Treat Asthma and Related Symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa Semenya SS, Maroyi A Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6077574
doi:10.1155/2018/2183705
PMID:30108649
Ethnobotanical knowledge of the lay people of Blouberg area (Pedi tribe), Limpopo Province, South Africa Mongalo NI, Makhafola TJ J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 13-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6044033
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0245-4
PMID:30001728

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