Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hyphaene compressa H.Wendl. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
auwaki	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
baar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dabell	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
doum palm	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eeng'ol	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eengol	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eng'ol	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
engol	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gey-i-khoona	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ilala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iparrua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iparruai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iparwai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
irara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kone	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kulidhe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lparrua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lparruai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lparwai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meeti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meetti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mezi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mkoche	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mkoma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mkoma lume	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mlala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mnyaa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokoma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muaa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mukoma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muruguyu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nkujit-ae-nkeok	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
qoona	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
qoone	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
takaiw a	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
takaiw'a	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
takayua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
takuyua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hyphaene mangoides Becc. Agric. Colon. 2: 166 (1908).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. compressa (H.Wendl.) Becc. Palme Borass.: 35 (1924).
Chamaeriphes compressa (H.Wendl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 728 (1891).
Hyphaene benadirensis Becc. Agric. Colon. 2: 164 (1908).
Hyphaene incoje Furtado Garcia de Orta 15: 453 (1967).
Hyphaene kilvaensis (Becc.) Furtado Garcia de Orta 15: 453 (1967).
Hyphaene megacarpa Furtado Garcia de Orta 15: 454 (1967).
Hyphaene multiformis Becc. Palme Borass.: 32 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. ambigua Becc. Palme Borass.: 35 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. deformis Becc. Palme Borass.: 33 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. diminuta Becc. Palme Borass.: 34 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. gibbosa Becc. Palme Borass.: 35 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. intermedia Becc. Palme Borass.: 34 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. kilvaensis Becc. Palme Borass.: 36 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subvar. lindiensis Becc. Palme Borass.: 33 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. macrocarpa Becc. Palme Borass.: 33 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. mahengensis Becc. Palme Borass.: 34 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. manca Becc. Palme Borass.: 36 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. morogorensis Becc. Palme Borass.: 36 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. moshiensis Becc. Palme Borass.: 34 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. nasuta Becc. Palme Borass.: 35 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. obconica Becc. Palme Borass.: 35 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. obesa Becc. Palme Borass.: 35 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. odorata Becc. Palme Borass.: 36 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. panganensis Becc. Palme Borass.: 36 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. plagiosperma Becc. Palme Borass.: 36 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. rovumensis Becc. Palme Borass.: 34 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. semiplaena Becc. Palme Borass.: 36 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. stenosperma Becc. Palme Borass.: 34 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. subglobosa Becc. Palme Borass.: 34 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. tangatensis Becc. Palme Borass.: 36 (1924).
Hyphaene multiformis subsp. trigibba Becc. Palme Borass.: 35 (1924).
Hyphaene semiplaena (Becc.) Furtado Garcia de Orta 15: 458 (1967).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hyphaene compressa H. Wendl.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hyphaene compressa H.Wendl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Hyphaene mangoides Becc.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Hyphaene multiformis Becc. compressa (H.Wendl.)Becc.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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