Plant Details

Accepted name:: Uvaria chamae P.Beauv. [Annonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akotompotsen	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
anweda	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
atore	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
aylaha	Other	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
boile	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bush banana	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
eru	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
eruju	Other	Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
erunjuit	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
finger-root	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
gbanagbana	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
gbanan	Other	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
ndogbo-njele	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ufuru-agu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, leaves		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Roots		Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014)
roots	dry roots	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leaves, roots		Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
leaf, stem, root		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Unona macrocarpa Dunal Monogr. Anonac.: 96 (1817).
Uva chamae (P.Beauv.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 7 (1891).
Uva cristata (R.Br. ex Oliv.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 7 (1891).
Uva cylindrica (Schumach. & Thonn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 7 (1891).
Uvaria cristata R.Br. ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 23 (1868).
Uvaria cylindrica Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 256 (1827).
Uvaria echinata A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 6 (1920), nom. nud.
Uvaria macrocarpa (Dunal) Vahl in J.W.Hornemann, De Indole Pl. Guin.: 21 (1819).
Uvaria nigrescens Engl. & Diels in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 6: 15 (1901).
Xylopiastrum macrocarpum (Dunal) Roberty Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 15: 1398 (1953).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Uvaria chamae	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Uvaria chamae P. Beauv.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
Uvaria chamae P. Beav.	Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014)
Uvaria chamae P.Beauv.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Uvaria chamae P.Beauvois	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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