Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gynocardia odorata R.Br. [Achariaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alasakapaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brinj-mogra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brinjmogra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaalmograa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chaaval-mungari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chal mogra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chal-mogre-ke-binj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalkumra	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
chaulmogra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaulmugra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhalmugra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chkal-mogre-ke-binj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
choulmungri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandare	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gantay	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kadu	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kushthapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sagarodbhuta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sohliang	Other	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
surantaeil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-e-biranj mograa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tuvaraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
马蛋果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seeds		Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
seed, fruit, pulp	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gynocardia prainii Desprez Chaulmoogra: 15 (1900).
Chaulmoogra odorata Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 836 (1832).
Chilmoria dodecandra Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 500 (1822).
Gynocardia antisyphilitica Pierre ex Tschirch Handb. Pharmakogn. 3: 462 (1923).
Hydnocarpus odoratus (Roxb.) Peterm. Pflanzenreich: 827 (1841-1845).
Hydnocarpus odoratus (R.Br.) Lindl. ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 84 (1845), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gynocardia odorata	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
Gynocardia odorata (R.Br)	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
Gynocardia odorata R. Br.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Gynocardia odorata R. Brown	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Gynocardia odorata R.Br.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gynocardia odorata R.Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gynocardia prainii Desfontaines	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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