Taxon: Jateorhiza palmata (Lam.) Miers

Common names:

• calumba   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr ) – unknown
  
• colombo   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr ) – unknown
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Use Pl WT Afr; Wealth India RM; Ill Chin Mat Med, as J. columba Miers)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania
  South Tropical Africa: Malawi; Mozambique; Zimbabwe

References:

• Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976–. Flores des Mascareignes. (F Mascar) [mentions].
• Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Troupin, G. 1956. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr) 15.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Jateorhiza palmata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Jateorhiza palmata. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cocculus palmatus (Lam.) DC.
  
• (=) Jateorhiza columba (Roxb.) Oliv.
  
• (=) Jateorhiza miersii Oliv.
  
• (=) Menispermum columba Roxb.
  
• (≡) Menispermum palmatum Lam. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Jateorhiza palmata (Lam.) Miers:

• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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