Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman [Musaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abyssinian banana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
african wild banana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
afrikaanse wilde-piesang	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ensete	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ethiopian banana	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
false banana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
igawo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
motholo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mulala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ndizi mwitu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red banana	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild banana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ensete arnoldianum (De Wild.) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
Ensete bagshawei (Rendle & Greves) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
Ensete buchananii (Baker) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 102 (1947 publ. 1948).
Ensete davyae (Stapf) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 104 (1947 publ. 1948).
Ensete edule Bruce ex Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 40 (1862).
Ensete fecundum (Stapf) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
Ensete holstii (K.Schum.) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
Ensete laurentii (De Wild.) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
Ensete proboscideum (Oliv.) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 102 (1947 publ. 1948).
Ensete ruandense (De Wild.) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 104 (1947 publ. 1948).
Ensete rubronervatum (De Wild.) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 104 (1947 publ. 1948).
Ensete schweinfurthii (K.Schum. & Warb.) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
Ensete ulugurense (Warb. & Moritz) Cheesman Kew Bull. 2: 103 (1947 publ. 1948).
Ensete ventricosum var. montbeliardii (Bois) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 42(3, Suppl.): 1593 (1972).
Musa arnoldiana De Wild. Bull. Soc. Étude Colon. Bruxelles 8: 339 (1901).
Musa bagshawei Rendle & Greves J. Bot. 48: 169 (1910).
Musa buchananii Baker Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 207 (1893).
Musa davyae Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913: 102 (1913).
Musa ensete J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 567 (1791).
Musa ensete var. montbeliardii Bois Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 2: 688 (1931).
Musa fecunda Stapf J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 528 (1906).
Musa holstii K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 121 (1904).
Musa laurentii De Wild. Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 371 (1907).
Musa proboscidea Oliv. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1777 (1888).
Musa ruandensis De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 8: 111 (1923).
Musa rubronervata De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 8: 112 (1923).
Musa schweinfurthii K.Schum. & Warb. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 45: 14 (1900).
Musa ulugurensis Warb. & Moritz Tropenpflanzer 8: 116 (1904).
Musa ventricosa Welw. Apont.: 587 (1859).
Mnasium theophrasti Pritz. Icon. Bot. Index: 719 (1855), nom. nud.
Musa africana W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 59: 6 (1871), nom. superfl.
Musa kaguna Chiov. Racc. Bot.: 119 (1935).
Musa martretiana A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 507 (1934).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ensete arnoldianum (De Wild.)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete bagshawei (Rendle & Greaves)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete buchananii (Baker)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete davyae (Stapf)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete edule (J.F.Gmel.)Horan.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete fecundum (Stapf)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete holstii (K.Schum.)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete laurentii (De Wild.)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete proboscideum (Oliv.)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete ruandense (De Wild.)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete rubronervatum (De Wild.)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete schweinfurthii (K.Schum. & Warb.)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete ulugurense (Warb.)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ensete ventricosum (Welw.)Cheesman	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ensete ventricosum (Welw.)Cheesman montbeliardii (Bois)Cufod.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa arnoldiana De Wild.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa bagshawei Rendle & Greaves	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa buchananii Baker	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa davyae Stapf	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa ensete Gmelin	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Musa ensete J.F.Gmel.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa ensete J.F.Gmel. montbeliardii Bois	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa fecunda Stapf	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa holstii K.Schum.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa laurentii De Wild.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa proboscidea Oliv.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa ruandensis De Wild.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa rubronervata De Wild.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa schweinfurthii K.Schum.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa ulugurensis Warb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Musa ventricosa Welw.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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