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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Tabernanthe iboga (Apocynaceae)

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Common name(s)
Iboga; Radix Tabernanthe

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Apertif Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aphrodisiac Africa Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Aphrodisiac Gabon *
Aphrodisiac Zaire *
CNS stimulant Gabon *
Convalescence Elsewhere *
Debility Africa Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fatality Gabon *
Fever Africa Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Flu Elsewhere *
Hypertension Elsewhere *
Neurasthenia Elsewhere *
Tonic Africa Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.