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Accepted name: 
Adansonia digitata L. [Malvaceae]
Source of taxonomy and confidence: 
World Checklist: unpublished records ( Two stars out of three )
Information about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
#'om Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
#m Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
aanaipuliya maram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aane hunase Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aane hunise Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
abavi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
abavo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
affenbrotbaum Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
africa's upside-down tree Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
aliya gaha Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
an-derebai Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
anai puliyamaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anai-puliya-maram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaimaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaippuli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaippuliyamaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaipuliamaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaipuliya-marum Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
anaipuliyamaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
apebroodboom Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
arbre aux calebasses Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
arbre de mille ans Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
arucakamaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arukkankopikam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arukkankopikamaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
babbab Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
babbe Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
baillou Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bak Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bamba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
baobaab Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baobab Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
baobá Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
baubab Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boh Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bok sito Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
boki Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bokki Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bontona Other Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
boringy Other Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
boubakakou Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
boui Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
brahma malika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brahma-mlinka Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
brahmaamlika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brahmamilika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brahmamlika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brahmamlike Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buhibab Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cabacevre Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
calabaceira Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
calebassier du senegal Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
calebassier du senégal Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
calebassier du sénégal Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cape breadfruit Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chimuho Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chitrala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chon mu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chonbu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
choramli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chori chinch Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaippuli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cream of tartar Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cream of tartar tree Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dakaumo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dead-rat tree Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
dead-rat-tree Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dema Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dido Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dima Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dirghadandi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
divuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dorsboom Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dovuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dudo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dumma Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dungwol Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ekwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ethiopian sour gourd Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
euyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
fony Other Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
fromdo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gajabala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandhabahula Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gangoleis Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gele Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gendaryandi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ghouis Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gonik--chintz Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gopali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorak-amli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorak-chinch Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorak-imli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorakamali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorakh amli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorakh imli Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gorakh-chinch Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorakh-imli Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gorakhamli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorakhchinch Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorakimli Other Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
goraksacinca Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorakshi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goraksi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goramlichora Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goui Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gouis Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
goul Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
habhab Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
habhabou (hab-hab) Other Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
hamao Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hamao-hamaraya Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hamar Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hamaraya Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hathi-khatiyan Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hatti-kattian Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hemmer Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
homeira Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hujed Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
humar Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
humr Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ibozu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
imbomdeiro Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
imbondeiro Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
indian cork tree Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
isimuhu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
jag Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
jah Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
judas s bag Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalpa dev Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalpadev Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalpviriksha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalpvrikhsa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasaan-aamli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasmiramlika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ko Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
komian Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
konian Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
korakkarmaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korakkarpuli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kouka Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kpassa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kremetart Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kremetartb Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
kremetartboom Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kuka Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lalo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lalo (powdered leaves) Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lalu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lamai Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lemmos earth Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lemonade tree Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
liuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
livuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lochora Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maagi maavu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mabuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
maggimaavu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maggimavu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
magimaavu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
magimavu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
majani ya nbuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
malembe Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
malukikam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malukikamaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mansapooran Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mapou Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mapou zombi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
masera Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
matunta ya mbuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mauyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mbale Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mboio Other Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
mbuye Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mbuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mesera Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mguya Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mibuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mkondo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mkulukumba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mkuu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mkuu hafungwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mkuu hapingwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mkuu-hapingwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mlamba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mlambe Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mlonje Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mnambe Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
moana Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mobuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
monkey bread Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
monkey fruit Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
monkey-bread tree Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
monkey-bread-tree Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
motsoo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
movana Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mowana Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mowu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mpela Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mramba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mu buyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mu mungu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mu wiyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muamba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mubuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muguna-kirindi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mukwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mulamba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mulambe Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mulapa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muramba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
murambu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muru Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muvhuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muvu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muvuhuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muvuku Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muwiye Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muwu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mwaamba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mwamba Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mwanda Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mwandu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mwiwi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mwiwiye Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mwuwiye Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ng'wandu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ngigne Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ngwandu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ol mesera Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
olimisera Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
olmesera Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
olohi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
om Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omazu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omikwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omokwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omudhu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omukua Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omukwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omumbuyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omutu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omuzu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
oro Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ose Other Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
otche Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pain de singe Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pancaparni Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pancaparnika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panchaparnika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paparapuli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappappuli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papparapa-puli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papparappuli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pappura puli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parpparappuli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pepper-appauli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perukkamaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perukku Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perulenipeddamanu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pontaippulimaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pontampuli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puri-maram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purimaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purinelli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purippuli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ravanamlika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ringy Other Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
sarpadandi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemachinta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemasinta Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
senegal calabash Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
shimuwu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
simachinta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simacinta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simae-chinta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sira Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sitaphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitaphalam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sito Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sona Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sour gourd Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sudandika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sumpura Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tebeldi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tebwe Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
teidoum Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
the upside down tree Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tjollo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
toayga Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tobro Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
toeya Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
toti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
totimaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
totiyam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
totiyamaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trega Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tsongoro Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
turubu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
twega Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umkhomo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umkomo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umshimulu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umukwa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
upside-down tree Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
uyu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
vilayati imli Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ximowu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ximuwu Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
yag Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
yak Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
yaka Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
yanaippuli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yanaippulimaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yanaippuliyamaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
za Other Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
zabe Other Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
zahamena Other Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
zizon Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
|um Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
|ums Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
||aurib Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
حبحبو (حبحب) Other Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
අලිය ගහ Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)