Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bak mee	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bak mi	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
bakmi	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
bangkal	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kanluang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leichhardt (pine)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leichhardt-pine	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ma-u	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ma-u-gyi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ma-u-kadon	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
nellane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nellani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prung	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Bark		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
seed, leaves, bark	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 35 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nauclea cordata Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 118 (1824).
Nauclea macrophylla Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1010 (1826), nom. illeg.
Nauclea undulata Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 117 (1824).
Sarcocephalus cordatus (Roxb.) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 133 (1856).
Sarcocephalus undulatus (Roxb.) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 133 (1856).
Adina orientalis (L.) Lindeman ex Bakh.f. Taxon 19: 476 (1970).
Bancalus grandifolius Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 276 (1891).
Bancalus orientalis (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 276 (1891).
Cadamba nocturna Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 93 (1827).
Cephalanthus orientalis L. Sp. Pl.: 95 (1753).
Nauclea annamensis (Dubard & Eberh.) Merr. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 535 (1915).
Nauclea coadunata Roxb. ex Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 24: n.° 6 (1813).
Nauclea elmeri Merr. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 535 (1915).
Nauclea glaberrima Bartl. ex DC. Prodr. 4: 344 (1830).
Nauclea grandifolia DC. Prodr. 4: 345 (1830), nom. illeg.
Nauclea leichhardtii F.Muell. Essay Pl. Burdekin: 12 (1860).
Nauclea lutea Blanco Fl. Filip.: 141 (1837).
Nauclea orientalis var. pubescens (Kurz) Craib Fl. Siam. 2: 7 (1932).
Nauclea ovoidea (Pierre ex Pit.) N.N.Tran J. Biol. (Vietnam) 1(3): 24 (1979).
Nauclea roxburghii G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 469 (1834).
Nauclea stipulacea G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 469 (1834), pro syn.
Nauclea wallichiana R.Br. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 466 (1834), nom. illeg.
Platanocarpum cordatum Korth. Observ. Naucl. Indic.: 19 (1839).
Sarcocephalus annamensis Dubard & Eberh. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 15: 493 (1909).
Sarcocephalus buruensis Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 179 (1869).
Sarcocephalus coadunatus (Roxb. ex Sm.) Druce Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 644 (1917).
Sarcocephalus cordatus var. glabra Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 125 (1877).
Sarcocephalus cordatus var. mollis Koord. & Valeton Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java 8: 15 (1902).
Sarcocephalus cordatus var. pubescens Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 125 (1877).
Sarcocephalus glaberrimus (Bartl. ex DC.) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 134 (1856).
Sarcocephalus orientalis (L.) Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 3: 436 (1909).
Sarcocephalus ovatus Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 1: 33 (1906).
Sarcocephalus ovoideus Pierre ex Pit. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 28 (1922).
Sarcocephalus papagola Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 614 (1929).
Sarcocephalus undulatus var. buruensis (Miq.) Havil. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 33: 29 (1897).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nauclea cordata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Nauclea macrophylla	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Nauclea orientalis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Nauclea orientalis (L.) L.	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Nauclea orientalis (L.) L. Miq.)	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Nauclea orientalis L.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Nauclea orientalis Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Nauclea undulatus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sarcocephalus cordatus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Sarcocephalus cordatus (Roxb.) Miq.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sarcocephalus cordatus Miq.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Sarcocephalus undulatus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sarcocephalus undulatus Miq.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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