Plant Details

Accepted name:: Monodora myristica (Gaertn.) Dunal [Annonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abo lakoshe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
african nutmeg	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
african-nutmeg	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arigho	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bendo bendo	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
calabash nutmeg	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
calabash-nutmeg	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
efuru	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ehuru	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
eyinaghose	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
false nutmeg	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fausse noix de muscade	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
faux noix muscade	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
gujiya'dan miya	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
hungogoto	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
jamaica-nutmeg	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kalebassenmuskat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kalebassmuskot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
moscadero de africa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mpeya	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mukasa	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
muscade de calabash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
muscadier de calabash	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
muscadier faux	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nzin	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
nzingu	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
sasalikwin	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit, Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
bark	dry bark	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
seed		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
fruit, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Annona myristica Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 194 (1791).
Monodora borealis Scott Elliot J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 72 (1894).
Monodora claessensii De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 3: 263 (1911).
Monodora unwinii Hutch. & Dalziel Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 59 (1927).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Monodora mirystica (Gaertn.) Dunal	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
Monodora myristica	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Monodora myristica (Gaertn.) Dunal	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Monodora myristica Dunal	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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