Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carapa procera DC. [Meliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abo-oganwo	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
african crabwood	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
asokoro	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bete	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
demarara mahogany	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
futi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
kraa bese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
kunda oil tree	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
kwaku bese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
kwakue bese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
monkey kola bark	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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 Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
solora	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
solowa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
sua bise	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)

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, 2008)
bark, nut, exudate		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
stem bark	dried stem bark	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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 Sweet	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Carapa procera	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 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 Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) 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 Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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