Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carapa procera DC. [Meliaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abo-oganwo	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
african crabwood	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
asokoro	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
bese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
bete	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
bokalaka	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
bula nima	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
crab nut	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
crabwood	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
demarara mahogany	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
futi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kraa bese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
kunda oil tree	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
kwaku bese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
kwakue bese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
mkporo-ubom	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
monkey cola	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
monkey kola	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
monkey kola bark	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
nkasa nkumbi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ntingene	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nzau nti	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
osa bese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
solora	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
solowa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
sua bise	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Bark, seed, leaves		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008)
bark	dry bark	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
bark, nut, exudate		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
stem bark	dried stem bark	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carapa guineensis Sweet Hort. Brit.: 72 (1826).
Afzelia splendens G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 168 (1830).
Carapa gummiflua C.DC. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 11 (1907).
Carapa guyanensis Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 336 (1868).
Carapa procera var. gentilii De Wild. Bull. Soc. Étude Colon. Bruxelles 10: 198 (1903).
Carapa touloucouna Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 128 (1831).
Granatum procerum (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 110 (1891).
Racapa procera M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 123 (1846).
Touloucouna gigantea M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 123 (1846).
Trichilia procera Forsyth ex DC. Prodr. 1: 626 (1824), not validly publ.
Xylocarpus procerus (DC.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 793 (1841).
Xylocarpus touloucouna (Guill. & Perr.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 793 (1841).
Zelea splendens Ten. Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 3: 504 (1841 publ. 1842).
Zurloa insignis Ten. Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 3: 503 (1841 publ. 1842).
Zurloa splendens (Ten.) Ten. Cat. Ort. Bot. Napoli: 99 (1845).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carapa guineensis	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Carapa guineensis Sweet	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Carapa procera	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Carapa procera DC.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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