Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alstonia boonei De Wild. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adawura	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ahun	Other	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
alstonia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
alstonia bark	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
alstonia boonei	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
appareilman	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
awun	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bakunin	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
boone's. alstonia	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
cheesewood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
egbu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ekouk	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
emenle	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
emie	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
emien	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mokuka	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
mtsongo	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
nyamedua	Other	Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
nyamenlebaka	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nyemi dua	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
onyame dua	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
osen-nuro	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
pattern wood	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
patternwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
siaketekre	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
sinduro	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
sinu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
sinuro	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
sonuro	Other	Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
stool wood	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
stoolwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ukhu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ukpo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
stem bark		Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
leaves	fresh leaves	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
bark		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
root, stem bark		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
stem bark	dried whole or powdered stem bark	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alstonia boonei	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Alstonia boonei De Wild	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Alstonia boonei De Wild.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) Pl. Méd. de Douala, Cameroun (Dibong et al., 2011) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (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)
Alstonia boonei De Willd.	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
Alstonia boonei Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Alstonia boonei de Willd.	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)

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