Plant Details

Accepted name:

Sideroxylon mascatense (A.DC.) T.D.Penn. [Sapotaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

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Information about this plant:

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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
but	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Monotheca buxifolia (Falc.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 626 (1846).
Edgeworthia buxifolia Falc. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1: 129 (1844).
Monotheca mascatensis A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 152 (1844).
Reptonia buxifolia (Falc.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 153 (1844).
Reptonia mascatensis (A.DC.) Radlk. ex O.Schwartz Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10: 182 (1939).
Sideroxylon aubertii A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 19: 686 (1939).
Sideroxylon buxifolium Hutch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1931: 413 (1931).
Sideroxylon corradii Chiov. ex Chiarugi Webbia 8: 236 (1951).
Sideroxylon gillettii Hutch. & E.A.Bruce Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 142 (1941).
Spiniluma buxifolia (Hutch.) Aubrév. Adansonia, n.s., 3: 34 (1963).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Monotheca buxifolia (Falc.) A.DC.	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Sideroxylon mascatensis (A.DC.) T.D. Penn.	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)

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