Plant Details

Accepted name:: Balaka seemannii (H.Wendl.) Becc. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Actinophloeus kerstenianus (Sander) Burret Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 263 (1928).
Balaka cuneata Burret Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 11(4): 6 (1935).
Balaka gracilis Burret Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 274 (1928).
Balaka kersteniana (Sander) Becc. ex Martelli Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 42: 30 (1935).
Balaka perbrevis (H.Wendl.) Becc. Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 2: 91 (1885).
Drymophloeus kerstenianus Sander ex Burret Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 263 (1928), pro syn.
Drymophloeus seemannii (H.Wendl.) Becc. ex Martelli Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 41: 711 (1935).
Kentia kersteniana Sander Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 24: 357 (1898).
Ptychosperma kerstenianum (Sander) Burret Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 263 (1928).
Ptychosperma perbreve H.Wendl. Bonplandia (Hannover) 10: 193 (1862).
Ptychosperma seemannii H.Wendl. Bonplandia (Hannover) 10: 192 (1862).
Saguaster perbrevis (H.Wendl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 735 (1891).
Saguaster seemannii (H.Wendl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 735 (1891).
Vitiphoenix seemannii Becc. ex Martelli Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 42: 87 (1935), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Balaka seemanii Wendland	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Balaka seemannii (H. Wendl.) Becc.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994)
Balaka seemannii (H.Wendl.) Becc.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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