Plant Details

Accepted name:: Terminalia catappa L. [Combretaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abrofo nkatie	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
almenda	Other	Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
almendro	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
almendro de la india	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
almenron	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
almond	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
amandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amandi-maram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amandier	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amandier de gambie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amenamchem	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amendoeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
amendoeira-da-india	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amendoeira-da-índia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atafana	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Antananarivo, Madagascar (Randriamiharisoa et al., 2015)
baadaami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baadaamu chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badam chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badame-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badami-mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badamier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
badamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badan	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
banda	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bangaali baadaam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barbados almond	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bastard almond	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
batham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beach almond	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bedam	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
bemgali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bengal almond	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bengalibadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bodanmyen	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
castanhola	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chapéu-de-sol	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
country-almond	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
desabadama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
deshabadamitte	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
deshee baadami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
deshi-badam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
desi baadaam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
desi-badam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ebelebo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gaare kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gerte tutab	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
grahadruma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hamánasi	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
hijli-badam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hindi bedam	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
hindi-badam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hindibadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hirani baadaam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hiranibadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
huile d'almond	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
hǎi xìng shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
indian almond	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian almond tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian barbados	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian-almond	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indischer mandelbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inggudi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingudi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingudi mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangali baadaam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jangli baadaam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli-badam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janglibadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janglibadama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jiǎ xìng rén	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaadu baadaami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadubadami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karakaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kat badam	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
katapieng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
katappa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katappenbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
katubadamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ketapang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kotta-kuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottakkuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottamba	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kottan	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
kshudrabadama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshudrabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lingkak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lingtak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lǎn rén shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
malabar almond	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
malabar-almond	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mhandaya	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
mkungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
naadu baadaami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naadu badaami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naatubaadaamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nat vadom	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nat-badami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natbadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattoo vadomchottay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattu-badam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattu-badam-vittulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattu-vadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattu-vadam-kottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattubadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattuvadumai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattuvatham	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
natu badami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natubadami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natubadamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natuvadom	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
natvadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natvadom	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
olaagra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
olagra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
olegra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ooru baadaami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patee-badam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sea almond	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sea-almond	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shān pí pá shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
singapore almond	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
siruppinga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tailaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talisay tree	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
talitanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talitenna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tapasataruvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaapasaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaapasatharuvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thallithenga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tropical almond	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tropical-almond	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tropisk mandel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
uadam vitthiloo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umbrella tree	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
urubadami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uruvadami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vadamvitelloo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vadham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vadumai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valaagra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valagra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatha-kottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vathakottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatumai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatumai-k-kottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vedam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
west indian almond	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
white bombwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild almond	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yú gāng yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yǔ sǎn shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zanmande	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
කොට්ටම්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
කොට්ටම්බා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
假杏仁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山枇杷樹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
懶人樹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
榄仁树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
榄仁树子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
榄仁树皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
欖仁樹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
海杏树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
雨伞树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
魚缸葉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark, Seed coats		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaf, seed, bark		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Whole plant		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
bottle		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
bark, leaves, kernels, heartwood	oil from kernel, ointment made from juice, oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole plant, leaves, bark, fruit	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
leaf		Med. Pl. in Markets of Antananarivo, Madagascar (Randriamiharisoa et al., 2015)
leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bark, fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, fruit		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Juglans catappa (L.) Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 573 (1790).
Buceras catappa (L.) Hitchc. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 85 (1893).
Myrobalanus catappa (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 237 (1891).
Myrobalanus commersonii Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 237 (1891).
Myrobalanus rubrigemmis (Tul.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 237 (1891).
Phytolacca javanica Osbeck Dagb. Ostind. Resa: 276 (1757).
Terminalia burmanica King ex Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 73: 204 (1904).
Terminalia catappa var. chlorocarpa Hassk. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 10: 145 (1843).
Terminalia catappa var. macrocarpa Hassk. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 10: 145 (1843).
Terminalia catappa var. pubescens Kurz Forest Fl. Burma 1: 454 (1877).
Terminalia catappa var. rhodocarpa Hassk. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 10: 145 (1843).
Terminalia catappa var. subcordata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) DC. Prodr. 3: 11 (1828).
Terminalia intermedia Bertero ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 359 (1825).
Terminalia kydiana Roxb. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 3974 (1831).
Terminalia latifolia Blanco Fl. Filip.: 376 (1837), nom. illeg.
Terminalia mauritiana Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 264 (1845), sensu auct.
Terminalia moluccana Lam. Encycl. 1: 349 (1785).
Terminalia ovatifolia Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 27 (1790), nom. nud.
Terminalia paraensis Mart. Flora 24(2 Beibl.): 24 (1841).
Terminalia rubrigemmis Tul. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 6: 102 (1856).
Terminalia subcordata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 968 (1806).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Juglans catappa Loureiro	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Terminalia catappa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Terminalia catappa L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Markets of Antananarivo, Madagascar (Randriamiharisoa et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Medicinal Pl. in S Pacific (WHO, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Terminalia catappa Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Terminalia cattapa Linn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Terminallia catappa	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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