Plant Details

Accepted name:: Baphia nitida G.Lodd. [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aboloobaatsho	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
adwuna	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
african redwood	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
african sandalwood	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
african-sandalwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
baphia leaf	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
barwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bois de cam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
camwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eselera	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
irosun	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
majigi	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
nli	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
odwen	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
odwene	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
odzori	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
osun	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
selema	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
senenga	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
sokpekpe	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
toti	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
tum	Other	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
tungtsho	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
tuti	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, bark, root, twig		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
roots	dry roots	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
root	dry root	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
leaf	drief leaves	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Baphia barombiensis Taub. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 177 (1897).
Baphia haematoxylon Hochst. ex Hook. Niger Fl.: 321 (1849).
Baphia nitida var. pubescens A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 217 (1920).
Baphia pyrifolia (Desv.) Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 445 (1883).
Carpolobia versicolor G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 370 (1831).
Dalhousiea haematoxylon Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 5 (1837).
Dalhousiea pyrifolia (Desv.) Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 5 (1837).
Delaria pyrifolia Desv. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 9: 406 (1826).
Podalyria haematoxylon Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 202 (1827).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Baphia nitida	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Baphia nitida Afzel.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Baphia nitida Afzel. ex Lodd.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Baphia nitida G.Lodd.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Baphia nitida Lodd.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Baphia nitida Loddiges	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Baphia nitida hort. Lodd.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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