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Internal ID UUID6440076825c75719229111
Scientific name Adenia venenata
Authority Forssk.
First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 77 (1775)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Modecca venenata Forssk. ex Greshoff Meded. Lands Plantentuin 29: 80 (1900)
Modecca abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 297 (1848)

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic عدن
Arabic صفير
Fulah bambuhi
Chinese 毒蒴莲

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Nigeria
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Central African Republic

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000520128
Tropicos 24201570
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:674199-1
The Plant List kew-2621615
Open Tree Of Life 73264
NCBI Taxonomy 387554
IPNI 674199-1
iNaturalist 557701
GBIF 5527888
USDA GRIN 446780

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
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
Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants Used in Democratic Republic of Congo: A Critical Review of Ethnopharmacology and Bioactivity Data Kasali FM, Kadima JN, Peter EL, Mtewa AG, Ajayi CO, Tusiimire J, Tolo CU, Ogwang PE, Weisheit A, Agaba AG Front Pharmacol 27-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8579071
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.757090
PMID:34776975
Impact of mining on the floristic association of gold mined sites in Southwest Nigeria Adesipo AA, Akinbiola S, Awotoye OO, Salami AT, Freese D BMC Ecol 10-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7008547
doi:10.1186/s12898-020-00276-9
PMID:32039727
Ethnobotanical survey of herbs used in the management of diabetes mellitus in Southern Katanga Area/DR Congo Amuri B, Maseho M, Simbi L, Duez P, Byanga K Pan Afr Med J 18-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6294981
doi:10.11604/pamj.2018.30.218.11718
PMID:30574237
Ribosome-Inactivating and Related Proteins Schrot J, Weng A, Melzig MF Toxins (Basel) 08-May-2015
PMCID:PMC4448163
doi:10.3390/toxins7051556
PMID:26008228
Immunotoxins Constructed with Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins and their Enhancers: A Lethal Cocktail with Tumor Specific Efficacy Gilabert-Oriol R, Weng A, von Mallinckrodt B, Melzig MF, Fuchs H, Thakur M Curr Pharm Des 01-Dec-2014
PMCID:PMC4296666
doi:10.2174/1381612820666140826153913
PMID:25341935
EHMTI-0206. Nigerian plants that are used for treatment of headache and migraine Saganuwan S J Headache Pain 18-Sep-2014
PMCID:PMC4181888
doi:10.1186/1129-2377-15-S1-G33

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