Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nauclea latifolia Sm. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african cinchona	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
african peach	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
african quinine	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
akabi awotso	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
banampe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bari	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
baro	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
bati country fi g	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
brampe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
codô	Other	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
country fig	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
country-fig	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
daindaté	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
dikabiatso	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
doundake	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
doundaké	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ebele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ebeliodole	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ebolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
edoil	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
egbesi	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
egbessi root	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekomokoi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekusiawa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
eomokoi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eutukidole	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
galun gun	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
gberesi	Other	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
guinea peach	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guineapeach fathead tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gulun gun	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
hwene hwenti	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kankanu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
karmadoda	Other	Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009)
katama	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kienga	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kilolo ki kienga	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kina du rio nunez	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kisia	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
kodo	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
kudo	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
kuru kuntu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
kusia	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
lago	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
molo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
munyu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutamatama	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nauclea	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
negro peach	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nemo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
njimo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nyimo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
opepe	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
osupuwa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
owentin	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
oyefa oshwefa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
oyefa tshofa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
peachroot	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
peyae biasa	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
pêcher africain	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
sarcocephalus latifolius	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sierra leone peach	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
sierra leone-peach	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
supaka	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
tafashia	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
tafashia.	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
telede	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
tshofa tshuru	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
woacroolie root	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wuacruli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots, Bark, Leaves		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Inner bark, stem, sap, roots, fruits, root-bark		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
leaf		Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
roots	dry roots	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
root		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
roots		Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
root, stem bark		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
root	dried transversely sliced and chopped roots	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
root, stem bark, leaf, fruit		African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nauclea esculenta (Afzel. ex Sabine) Merr. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 535 (1915).
Sarcocephalus esculentus Afzel. ex Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5: 442 (1824).
Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) E.A.Bruce Kew Bull. 2: 31 (1947).
Sarcocephalus russeggeri Kotschy ex Schweinf. Reliq. Kotschy.: 49 (1868).
Cephalina esculenta (Afzel. ex Sabine) Schumach. & Thonn. in H.C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 105 (1827).
Nauclea sambucina T.Winterb. Account Sierra Leone 2: 45 (1803), nom. nud.
Sarcocephalus esculentus var. amarissima A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 18: 179 (1938).
Sarcocephalus esculentus var. velutina A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 18: 181 (1938).
Sarcocephalus sambucinus K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(4): 59 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nauclea esculenta (Sabine)Merr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Nauclea latifolia	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Nauclea latifolia Sm.	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Nauclea latifolia Smith	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sarcocephalus esculentus	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Sarcocephalus esculentus Sabine	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sarcocephalus latifolius	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) Bruce	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) E. A. Bruce	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) E.A. Bruce	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) E.A.Bruce	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
Sarcocephalus latifolius (Sm.) E.a. Bruce	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Sarcocephalus latifolius (Smith)Bruce	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sarcocephalus russeggeri Schweinf.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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