Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mimusops balata (Aubl.) C.F.Gaertn. [Sapotaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
makak	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mimusops maxima (Poir.) R.E.Vaughan Mauritius Inst. Bull. 1: 56 (1937).
Achras balata Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 308 (1775).
Binectaria borbonica Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 406 (1891).
Imbricaria balata (Aubl.) A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 23: 135 (1943).
Imbricaria binectaria A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 201 (1844).
Imbricaria borbonica Juss. ex J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 612 (1791).
Imbricaria commersonii G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 35 (1837), nom. illeg.
Imbricaria gigantea Pierre ex Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 919 (1891).
Imbricaria maxima Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 433 (1798).
Kaukenia commersonii (G.Don) Pierre ex Engl. Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 78 (1904).
Mimusops balota Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 673 (1826).
Mimusops commersonii (G.Don) Engl. Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 77 (1904).
Mimusops imbricaria Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 326 (1799).
Mimusops nattarium Willemet Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 30 (1796).
Mimusops retusa Willemet Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 30 (1796).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mimusops balata (Aubl.) C.F.Gaertn.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Mimusops maxima (Poiret) Vaughan	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

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