Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bombax buonopozense P.Beauv. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Bombax buonopozense subsp. buonopozense

Bombax buonopozense subsp. reflexum (Sprague) A.Robyns

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kapok	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruits	dry fruits	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

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

Gossampinus buonopozensis (P.Beauv.) Bakh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 6: 191 (1924).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bombax buonopozense	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Bombax buonopozense P. Beauv.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Bombax buonopozense P.Beauv.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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