Plant Details

Accepted name:: Blighia welwitschii (Hiern) Radlk. [Sapindaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bossu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
bwalu ma nkusu (poison parrot)	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kote	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mokokoli	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
m’baka	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nkela nkusu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nkusu nkusu	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

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

Blighia wildemaniana Gilg ex Radlk. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 165: 1145 (1933).
Blighia kamerunensis Radlk. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 165: 1145 (1933).
Blighia laurentii De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 3: 113 (1909).
Blighia mildbraedii Radlk. in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 480 (1912).
Blighia welwitschii var. bancoensis (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Pellegr. Mém. Publiés Soc. Bot. France 1955: 62 (1956).
Phialodiscus bancoensis Aubrév. & Pellegr. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 291 (1938).
Phialodiscus laurentii (De Wild.) Radlk. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 165: 1149 (1933), nom. illeg.
Phialodiscus mortehanii De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 4: 361 (1914).
Phialodiscus welwitschii Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 171 (1896).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Blighia welwitschii	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Blighia welwitschii (Hiern) Radlk.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Blighia welwitschii (Hiern.) Radlk.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Blighia welwitschii Radlkofer	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Blighia wildemaniana Gilgit	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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