Non scientific name details for pygeum - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

pygeum

1 Accepted name(s) for "pygeum":

Accepted name
Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman

11 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman		bark
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)	Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)	Prunus africana (Hook f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	bark	bark
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman
Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)	Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalkm.	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman		bark
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)	Prunus africana (Hook f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman		bark
Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013)	Prunus africana	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)	Prunus africana (Hook f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	bark	bark
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Prunus africana (Hook F.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman
Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman		Bark
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)	Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman

9 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "pygeum":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
african cherry	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
african plum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
african prune	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
afrikansk lagerhägg	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bitter almond	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
iron wood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pygei africani cortex	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pygeum africanum	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
red stinkwood	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)