Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pycnanthus angolensis (Welw.) Warb. [Myristicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Pycnanthus angolensis subsp. angolensis

Pycnanthus angolensis subsp. schweinfurthii (Warb.) Verdc.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abakang	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
african nutmeg	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
african-nutmeg	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
akomu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
arbre à suif	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
boxboard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dihin	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
edua	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
egiri oma	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
egwu-noma	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
false nutmeg	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
false nutmeg tree	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
faux muscadier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
gboyei	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ilomba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
issoumbu	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
kilomba	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kpokogi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kunda mavondu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mkungu mwitu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
moghan	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ngosame	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nlomba	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
pomponi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
tika	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
walele	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
wild nutmeg	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
bark		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
seed fat, stem bark		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Myristica angolensis Welw. Syn. Madeir. Drog. Med.: 51 (1862).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pycanthus angolensis Welw.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Pycnanthus angolensis	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Pycnanthus angolensis (Welw.) Excell	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002)
Pycnanthus angolensis (Welw.) Warb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (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)
Pycnanthus angolensis Exell.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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