Non scientific name details for pygeum africanum - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

pygeum africanum

1 Accepted name(s) for "pygeum africanum":

Accepted name
Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman

5 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:
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)	Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman
Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)	Pygeum africanum	Pygeum africanum Hook.f.	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Prunus africana (Hook F.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)	Pygeum africanum	Pygeum africanum Hook.f.	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman		root, stem
Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009)	Pygeum africanum	Pygeum africanum Hook.f.	Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman

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

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
african cherry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
african plum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
african prune	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
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	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
red stinkwood	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)