Plant Details

Accepted name:: Geobalanus oblongifolius (Michx.) Small [Chrysobalanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
gopher apple	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Licania michauxii Prance J. Arnold Arbor. 51: 526 (1970).
Chrysobalanus incanus Raf. New Fl. 3: 26 (1838), nom. superfl.
Chrysobalanus oblongifolius Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 283 (1803).
Chrysobalanus pallidus (Small) L.B.Sm. Rhodora 48: 136 (1946).
Chrysobalanus prunifolius Raf. New Fl. 3: 26 (1838).
Chrysobalanus retusus Raf. New Fl. 3: 26 (1838).
Geobalanus pallidus Small Fl. Miami: 81 (1913).
Persea longipeda Bertol. Misc. Bot. 13: 14 (1853).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Geobalanus oblongifolius (Michx.) Small	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Licania michauxii Prance	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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