Taxon: Jateorhiza palmata (Lam.) Miers

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Common names:

• kalumba   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  
• 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:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976–. Flores des Mascareignes. [mentions].
• Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1948–1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Delhi.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Troupin, G. 1956. Flora of tropical East Africa. 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.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Jateorhiza palmata.

Synonyms:

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

Check other web resources 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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