Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rhodognaphalon mossambicense (A.Robyns) A.Robyns [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
east african cotton tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mfuma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mkaranga mti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mng'uma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
msufi mwitu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
msufi pori	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
msyavala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mwale	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mwali	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild kapok	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild kapok tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

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

Bombax rhodognaphalon K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 269 (1895).
Rhodognaphalon schumannianum A.Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 263 (1963).
Bombax mossambicense A.Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 27: 664 (1957).
Rhodognaphalon tanganyikense A.Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 260 (1963).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bombax rhodognaphalon K. Schum. var. rhodognaphalon	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Bombax rhodognaphalon K.Schum. ex Engl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Rhodognaphalon mossambicense (A.Robyns) A.Robyns	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rhodognaphalon schumannianum A. Robyns	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rhodognaphalon schumannianum A.Robyns	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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