Plant Details

Accepted name:: Khaya ivorensis A.Chev. [Meliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african mahogany	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
african-mahogany	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
afrikansk mahogny	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ivory coast khaya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lagos mahogany	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lagos-mahogany	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oganwo	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
red mahogany	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Stem, root, bark		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Khaya caudata Stapf ex Hutch. & Dalziel Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 490 (1928).
Khaya klainei Pierre ex Pellegr. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 77 (1911).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Khaya ivorensis	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Khaya ivorensis A Chev.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Khaya ivorensis A. Chev.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Khaya ivorensis A.Chev.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Khaya ivorensis Chevallier	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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