Plant Details

Accepted name:: Garcinia afzelii Engl. [Clusiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitter-kola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garcinia	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Stems, roots		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Garcinia antidysenterica A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 6: 445 (1911).
Garcinia brevipedicellata (Baker f.) Hutch. & Dalziel Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 237 (1927).
Garcinia mannii var. brevipedicellata Baker f. in A.B.Rendle & al., Cat. Pl. Oban: 8 (1913).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Garcinia afzelii Engl.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Garcinia afzelti Engler	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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