Plant Details

Accepted name:: Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.C.Berg [Moraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african oak	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
african teak	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
chêne d’afrique	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
iroko	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
loko	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
lokotin	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
msule	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
mwala	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nkamba	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
orjih	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
roko	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sanga	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
semo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, root		Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
Bark	dry Bark	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
root, leaf, fruit		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

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

Chlorophora excelsa (Welw.) Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 3: 363 (1880).
Chlorophora tenuifolia Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 139 (1894).
Chlorophora alba A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 209 (1912).
Maclura excelsa (Welw.) Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 231 (1873).
Milicia africana Sim Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 97 (1909).
Morus excelsa Welw. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 69 (1869).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chlorophora excelsa (Welw.) Benth. & Hook.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Chlorophora excelsa (Welw.) Benth. & Hook.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Chlorophora excelsa Bentham et Hooker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Chlorophora ternifolia	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Melicia excels	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
Milicia excelsa	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Milicia excelsa (Welw.) Berg.	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002)
Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.C. Berg	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Milicia excelsa (Welw.) C.C.Berg	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Milicia excelsa (Welw.) CC Berg	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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