Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pentadesma butyracea Sabine [Clusiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arbre à beurre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arbre à chandelle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
buttertree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kanya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lami	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mamão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mata-passo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pau-ová	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
talgträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tallowtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pentadesma kerstingii Engl. ex Volkens Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, Append. 22: 108 (1910).
Pentadesma lecomteana Pierre ex A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 9: 64 (1917).
Pentadesma leptonema Pierre Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n.s., 1: 21 (1898).
Pentadesma leptonema var. klainei Pierre ex A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 9: 64 (1917).
Pentadesma leucantha A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 166 (1909).
Pentadesma nigritana Baker f. in A.B.Rendle & al., Cat. Pl. Oban: 7 (1913).
Pentadesma ogoouensis Baudon Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 4, 7(1): 38 (1929).
Pentadesma parviflora Exell J. Bot. 65(Suppl. 1): 27 (1927).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pentadesma butyracea Sab.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Pentadesma butyracea Sabine	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pentadesma butyraceum D. Don	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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