Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aga	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
anyinle	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
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 Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bebun	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
candle wood	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
fasakorihi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
fasakwari	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
faskori	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
gozo ngua	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
haatsho	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
igi-ata	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kaloa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
kanfu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
orin ata	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 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 Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
yeah	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
zanthoxylum	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark, root		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
wood	dry wood	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
root, stem		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
root, stem bark	root and stem bark	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)

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

Fagara zanthoxyloides Lam. Encycl. 2: 446 (1788).
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.
Zanthoxylum senegalense DC. Prodr. 1: 726 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fagara zanthoxyloides Lamarck	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Zanthoxylum xanthoxyloides	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Zanthoxylum xanthoxyloides (Lam.)	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Zanthoxylum xanthoxyloides (Lam.) Waterm.	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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)
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) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) 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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