Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cleistopholis patens (Benth.) Engl. & Diels [Annonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cleistopholis klaineana Pierre ex Engl. & Diels in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 6: 35 (1901).
Cleistopholis brevipetala Exell J. Bot. 70(Suppl. 1): 208 (1932).
Cleistopholis lucens De Wild. Pl. Bequaert. 1: 465 (1922).
Cleistopholis patens var. klaineana Pellegr. Mém. Publiés Soc. Bot. France 1949: 31 (1950).
Cleistopholis pynaertii De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 4: 387 (1914).
Cleistopholis verschuerenii De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 4: 387 (1914).
Oxymitra patens Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 23: 472 (1862).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cleistopholis klaineana Pierre	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cleistopholis patens	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Cleistopholis patens (Benth.) Engl. & Diels	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) 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)
Cleistopholis patens Engler et Diels	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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