Plant Details

Accepted name:: Macrotyloma geocarpum (Harms) Maréchal & Baudet [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Macrotyloma geocarpum var. geocarpum

Macrotyloma geocarpum var. tisserantii (Pellegr.) Maréchal & Baudet

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bindi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dieguem tenguere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
doi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dougoufalo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
geocarpa groundnut	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kandela	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kersting's groundnut	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kouarourou	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lentille de terre	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nadou	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

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

Kerstingiella geocarpa Harms Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 26a: 230 (1908).
Voandzeia geocarpa (Harms) A.Chev. Cat. Pl. Jard. Bot. Saigon: 24 (1919).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Kerstingiella geocarpa	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Kerstingiella geocarpa Harms	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Macrotyloma geocarpum (Harms) Marechal & Baudet	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Macrotyloma geocarpum (Harms) Maréchal & Baudet	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Macrotyloma geocarpum (Harms)Marechal & Baudet	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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