Plant Details

Accepted name:: Baphia nitida G.Lodd. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aboloobaatsho	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
adwuna	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
african redwood	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
irosun	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
majigi	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nli	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
odwen	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
odwene	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
odzori	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
osun	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
selema	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
senenga	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
sokpekpe	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
toti	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
tungtsho	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
tuti	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, bark, root, twig		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
roots	dry roots	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leaf	drief leaves	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 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 Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) 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 Tropical 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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