Plant Details

Accepted name:: Petersianthus macrocarpus (P.Beauv.) Liben [Lecythidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abalé	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
abian	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
arbre de genie	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
esia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
essia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
stinkwoodtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wulo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Combretodendron africanum (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) Exell J. Bot. 68: 182 (1930).
Combretodendron macrocarpum (P.Beauv.) Keay in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr., ed. 2, 1: 761 (1958).
Combretodendron africanum var. minus (Nied.) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219a: 61 (1939).
Combretodendron viridiflorum A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 150 (1909), not validly publ.
Combretum macrocarpum P.Beauv. Fl. Oware 2: 90 (1819).
Petersia africana Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 1: 721 (1865).
Petersia klainei Pierre ex A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 9: 211 (1917).
Petersia minor Nied. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 31 (1892).
Petersia viridiflora A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 301 (1909).
Petersianthus africanus (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 11: 201 (1916).
Petersianthus minor (Nied.) Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 11: 201 (1916).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Combretodendron africanum (Welw.) Exell	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Combretodendron africanum Exell.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Combretodendron macrocarpum (P Beauv.) Liben	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Combretodendron nacrocarpum Beauvois	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Petersianthus macrocarpus	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Petersianthus macrocarpus (P Beauv.) Liben	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Petersianthus macrocarpus (P. Beauv.) Liben	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Petersianthus macrocarpus (P.Beauv.) Liben	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Petersianthus macrocarpus Liben	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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