Plant Details

Accepted name:: Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alui tali	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
bois rouge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
erun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erun obo	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
forest ordeal tree	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
grand tali	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mancone	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mancône	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mbaraka mkuu	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mkelekele	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
muave	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mwavi	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mwavi dume	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
nkasa	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
olu- obo	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
ordeal tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ordealtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
poison d'épreuve	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
poison d’épreuvealui	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
red water tree	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red water tree of sierra leone	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red-water-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sasswood	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sasswood tree	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
sasswoodtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sassy bark	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sassy-bark-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sassybark	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tali	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Stem- bark:leaves		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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

Erythrophleum guineense G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 424 (1832).
Afzelia grandis Baumann & J.Baumann ex Kachl. Encycl. Pfl.-Wörterb. 1: 14 (1829).
Erythrophleum judiciale Proctor Amer. J. Pharm., ser. 2, 18: 195 (1852).
Erythrophleum ordale Bolle in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 10 (1861).
Fillaea suaveolens Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 242 (1832).
Mavia judicia Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 461 (1852), orth. var.
Mavia judicialis G.Bertol. Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 2: 570 (1850).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Erythophleum suaveolens	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Erythrophleum guineense G Don	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Erythrophleum guineense G. Don	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Erythrophleum guineense G. Don.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Erythrophleum guineense G.Don	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Erythrophleum suaveolens	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guil. & Perr.) Brenan	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002)
Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.)Brenan	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perrott.) Brenan	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
Erythrophloeum guineense G.Don	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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