Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Heckel [Euphorbiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 3

Ricinodendron heudelotii subsp. heudelotii

Ricinodendron heudelotii var. tomentellum (Hutch. & E.A.Bruce) Radcl.-Sm.

Ricinodendron heudelotii subsp. africanum (Müll.Arg.) J.Léonard

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african nut-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
african oil-nut-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
african wood-oil nut-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
afrikanisches mahagoni	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bois jasanga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cork wood tree	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
erimado	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
essang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
essessang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ezang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ground nut tree	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
kingela	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kokoaduro	Other	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
menguela	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
muawa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
munguella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
musodo	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
nyansan	Other	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
nzete ya mbinzo	Other	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)
nzezan	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
okwe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
owamma	Other	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
seed		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
bark, leaves	dry bark, dry leaves	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
seeds	dried seeds, fresh seeds	Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Jatropha heudelotii Baill. Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 64 (1860).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ricinodendron heudelotii	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Heckel	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Trade in African Med. Pl., Belgium (van Andel & Fundiko, 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Pierre	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Pierre ex Heckel	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Pierre ex Heckel.	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002)
Ricinodendron heudelotii Pierre	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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