Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pseudobombax septenatum (Jacq.) Dugand [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ponga	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
trunk, root bark		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gossampinus heptaphylla (L.) Bakh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 6: 189 (1924).
Bombax balanoides Ulbr. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 156 (1914).
Bombax barrigon (Seem.) Decne. Ann. Gén. Hort. 23: 44 (1880).
Bombax carabobense Pittier Arb. Arbust. Venez.: 32 (1923).
Bombax heptaphyllum L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 960 (1763).
Bombax septenatum Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 26 (1760).
Pachira barrigon Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald: 83 (1853).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gosampinus hetaphylla Backer.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Gossampinus heptaphylla	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pseudobombax septenatum (Jacq.) Dug.	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Pseudobombax septenatum (Jacq.) Dugand	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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