Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acacia du congo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
african-oil-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arbre à semelles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ataa	Other	Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
atta-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bois jaune du gabon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
congo acacia	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
congo-acacia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dengwi	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
dengwikwin	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
gabungelbholz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inhansa	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
kongoakazie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marroné	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mubala	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mupanzi	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
ngansi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nganzi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oil bean tree	Other	Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
oil bean-tree	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
oilbeantree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
owala	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
owala-oil-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
panza	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sucupira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
árbol de las suelas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark, fruit		Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
fruits, seeds	dry fruits, dry seeds	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leaves		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pentaclethra africana Benth. ex Taub. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3): 125 (1892).
Pentaclethra gigantea A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 237 (1920), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pentachlethra macrophylla	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002)
Pentachlethra macrophylla Benth.	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002)
Pentaclethra macrophylla	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pentaclethra macrophylla Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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