Plant Details

Accepted name:: Xanthophyllum obscurum A.W.Benn. [Polygalaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
boh kaeng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
buah kapas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lemak berok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lima berok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mengkapas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
minyak berok limau manis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

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

Xanthophyllum scortechinii King J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 59: 140 (1890).
Banisterodes insigne (A.W.Benn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 45 (1891).
Banisterodes obscurum (A.W.Benn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 45 (1891).
Xanthophyllum insigne A.W.Benn. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 211 (1874).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Xanthophyllum obscurum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Xanthophyllum obscurum Benn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Xanthophyllum obscurum Blenn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Xanthophyllum scortechinii King.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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