Plant Details

Accepted name:: Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A.Rich. [Annonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african grains of selim	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
african pepper	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
akatapure sas	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akwi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ata	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
atta	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
calantii	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dio	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eeru	Other	Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
eru	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
erunje	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ethiopian pepper	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ethiopian-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ezinli	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
fructus xylopiae	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
grains of selim	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
granen van selim	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
guile-lalei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guinea pepper	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hwenetia	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
hwenteaa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
hwentia	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
kala	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
kani pepper	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
kanipfeffer	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
kili	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
kimba	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kimba or west african pepper	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kimbare	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kpechereku	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
kpechereku goto	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
kyimba	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
large red-fingers	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
malagueta-de-guiné	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maniguete	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
milumnemugan	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
mohrenpfeffer	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
moor pepper	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
mukala	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mukwa	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mwengele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
negerpfeffer	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
negro pepper	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
negro-pepper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nsombo	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
piment noir de guinée	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
pimienta de guinea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
poivr	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
poivre de guinée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
poivrier de guinée	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
senegal pepper	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
so	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
soo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
spice tree seeds	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
spicetree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
torche indigine	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
tso	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
tsunfyani	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
tsunfyanyi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tsuo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
uda	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
unien	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
xylopia	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruits		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Fruit, bark, leaves, seeds		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Fruits		Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014)
fruits, bark	dry fruits, dry bark	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
bark		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
fruit, whole plant		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
fruit	dried mature fruits	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
fruit		African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Xylopia eminii Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 179 (1895).
Annona aethiopica (Dunal) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 737 (1841).
Habzelia aethiopica (Dunal) A.DC. Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 5: 207 (1832).
Unona aethiopica Dunal Monogr. Anonac.: 113 (1817).
Uvaria aethiopica (Dunal) A.Rich. in J.B.A.Guillemin & G.S.Perrottet, Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 9 (1831).
Uvaria eminii Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 179 (1895).
Xylopia dekeyzeriana De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 43 (1903).
Xylopia gilletii De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 42 (1903).
Xylopicrum aethiopicum (Dunal) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 8 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Xylopia aethiopica	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A.Rich.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal)A.Rich.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Xylopia aethiopica A.Rich.	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. for Hyperprolactinemia, Nigeria (Sharaibi et al., 2014)
Xylopia aethiopica Richardson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Xylopia eminii Engl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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