Plant Details

Accepted name:: Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) Zepern. & Timler [Rutaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aga	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
anyinle	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
artar	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
artar root	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ata	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
atufio	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
axedo	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
ayenle	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
bebun	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
candle wood	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
candlewood	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
fagara	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fagara jaune	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
fasa kuwari	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
fasa kwari	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
fasakorihi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
fasakwari	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
faskori	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
gozo ngua	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
haatsho	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
haatso	Other	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
hedo	Other	Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
igi-ata	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kaloa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
kanfu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kenge	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
korokori	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
okanto	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
orin ata	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
puom	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
senegal prickly ash	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
senegal prickly-ash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
toothache	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
toothache bark	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
ughanghan	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
wo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
xe	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
xedo	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
xema	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
xeti	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
xetin	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
xetsi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
yea	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
yeah	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
zanthoxylum	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark, root		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
wood	dry wood	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
root		Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
bark, root	dry bark, dry root	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
root, stem		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
root, stem bark	root and stem bark	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)

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

Fagara zanthoxyloides Lam. Encycl. 2: 446 (1788).
Zanthoxylum senegalense DC. Prodr. 1: 726 (1824).
Fagara senegalensis (DC.) A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 101 (1920).
Zanthoxylum polygamum Schumach. in J.W.Hornemann, De Indole Pl. Guin.: 24 (1819), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fagara xanthoxyloides Lam.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Fagara zanthoxyloides	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Fagara zanthoxyloides Lamarck	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Zanthoxylum senegalense	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Zanthoxylum senegalense DC.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Zanthoxylum xanthoxyloides	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
Zanthoxylum xanthoxyloides (Lam.)	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Zanthoxylum xanthoxyloides (Lam.) Waterm.	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
Zanthoxylum zanthoxiloides (Lam.) Zepern. & Timler	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides	Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009) Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) B. Zepern. & Timler	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.) Zepern. & Timler	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides (Lam.)Zepern. & Timler	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides Waterman	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

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