Plant Details

Accepted name:: Picralima nitida (Stapf) T.Durand & H.Durand [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akuamma	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
akuamma seeds	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
ayokpe	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
demouain à gros fruits	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
dighoundou	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
ebam	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ekuama	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
erin	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
lutete-lumene	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
obéro	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
osi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
osu-igwe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
otosi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
seeds	dry seeds	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
fruit		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
seed, stem, root		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Picralima klaineana Pierre Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1279 (1896).
Picralima macrocarpa A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 428 (1920), nom. nud.
Tabernaemontana nitida Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 22 (1895).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Picralima klaineana	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Picralima nitida	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Picralima nitida (Stapf) T. Durand & H. Durand	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Picralima nitida (Stapf) T.Durand & H.Durand	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Picralima nitida (Stapf) T.durand & H.durand	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Picralima nitida (Stapf) Th. & H. Dur.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Picralima nitida (Stapf) Th. Dur.	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002)
Picralima nitida (Staph) Th & H. Dur	Pl. Méd. de Douala, Cameroun (Dibong et al., 2011)
Picralina nitida Th. et Duroi	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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