Plant Details

Accepted name:: Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african cherry	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
african plum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
african plum tree	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
african prune	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
african prune tree	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
afrikansk lagerhägg	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alumty	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
armaatet	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
armaatet, oromoti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitter almond	Other	Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
bitteramandel	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
chati	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
cortex pruni africanae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gwaami	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gwaami, gwami	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iluo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
inkhokhokho	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
inyangazoma-elimnyama	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
iron wood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kiburabura	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kirah	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
kondekonde	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kpaklesido	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
lemalan	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lemalan migambo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ligambo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mdundulu	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mfi la	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
mfila	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
migambo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
mkomahoya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mkonde-konde	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
mkonde-konde, msendo, mudy, muuri	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mpembati	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mueri	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
mufubia	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muiru	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
murugutu	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
mutimail	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
mutimailu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
mweria	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
mwiluti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mwiritsa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
nuwehout	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ol gujuk	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ol-koijuk	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
olkonjuku	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oromoti	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
pruni africanae cortex	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
pygei africani cortex	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pygeum	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
pygeum africanum	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pygeum africanum bark	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
pygeum bark	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
red stinkwood	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
rooistinhout	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tenduet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tendwet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
twendet	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
umdumizulu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
umkakase	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
umkhakhazi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
umlalume	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
wami	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark, branch bark		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Bark		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
bark		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
roots	dry roots	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
bark		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
trunk	dried bark	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bark		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
stem bark	whole or cut, dried bark	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
bark	bark	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
bark	whole or cut, dried bark	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
bark	extract	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
bark	Whole or cut, dried bark of the stems and branches	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
bark	bark	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pygeum africanum Hook.f. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 191 (1863).
Lauro-cerasus africana (Hook.f.) Browicz Arbor. Kórnickie 15: 5 (1970).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Prunus Africana	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Prunus africana	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Impact of Cult. of Med. Pl. on Biodiversity (Schippmann et al., 2002) Med. Pl., Consv. & Livelihoods (Hamilton, 2004) Red List Med. Pl. of S Africa (Williams et al., 2013) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Prunus africana (Hook F.) Kalkman	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Prunus africana (Hook f.) Kalkm.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Prunus africana (Hook f.) Kalkman	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalkm.	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalkman	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkm	Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009)
Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkm.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Prunus africana (Hook.f.) Kalkman	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Prunus africana (Hook.f.)Kalkm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Prunus africana (Hooker) Kalm	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pygeum africanum	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009)
Pygeum africanum Hook.f.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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