Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild.) Merr. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
atahe	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
bilinga	Other	Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
bois d’or	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
briembe	Other	Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
brimstone tree	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kienga ki masa	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mbilinga	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
ngulu masa	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
west african boxwood	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
wood	dry wood	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
bark, wood		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sarcocephalus diderrichii De Wild. in Masui, Etat. Indep. Congo Expos. Brux. 1897: 439 (1897).
Nauclea trillesii Merr. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 537 (1915), not validly publ.
Sarcocephalus badi Aubrév. Fl. Forest. Soudano-Guin.: 475 (1950), no Latin descr.
Sarcocephalus trillesii Pierre ex A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç.: 229 (1916).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nauclea diderrichii	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild. & Dur.) Merrill	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild. & T.Durand) Merr.	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild. & Th.Dur.) Merrill	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild.) Merr.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild.) Merril	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002)
Nauclea didrichii	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Sarcocephalus diderrichii De Wild.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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