Plant Details

Accepted name:: Desbordesia glaucescens (Engl.) Tiegh. [Irvingiaceae]
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 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Desbordesia insignis Pierre ex Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 1: 289 (1905).
Desbordesia oblonga (A.Chev.) Heitz Forest. Gabon: 210 (1943).
Desbordesia pallida Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 1: 291 (1905).
Desbordesia pierreana Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 1: 290 (1905).
Desbordesia soyauxii Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 1: 290 (1905).
Desbordesia spirei Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 1: 291 (1905).
Irvingella spirei Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 1: 277 (1905).
Irvingia glaucescens Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 124 (1902).
Irvingia oblonga A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 9: 99 (1917).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Desbordesia glaucescens (Engl.) Tiegh.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Desbordesia glaucescens (Engl.) van Teigh.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Desbordesia glaucescens Van Tiegh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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