Plant Details

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

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 Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
african prune	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
african prune tree	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
afrikansk lagerhägg	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alumty	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
armaatet	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
armaatet, oromoti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bihasa	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
bitter almond	Other	Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
bitteramandel	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
chati	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
cortex pruni africanae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gwaami	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gwaami, gwami	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
iluo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
inkhokhokho	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
inyangazoma-elimnyama	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
iron wood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kiburabura	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kirah	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
kondekonde	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lemalan migambo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ligambo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mdundulu	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mfi la	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
mfila	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
migambo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
mkomahoya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mkonde-konde	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
mkonde-konde, msendo, mudy, muuri	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mpembati	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mueri	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
mufubia	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muiru	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
murugutu	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
mutimail	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
mutimailu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
mweria	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
mwiluti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mwiritsa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
nuwehout	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ol gujuk	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ol-koijuk	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
olkonjuku	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oromoti	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
pruni africanae cortex	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
pygeum bark	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
rooistinhout	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tenduet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tendwet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
twendet	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
umdumizulu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
umkakase	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
umkhakhazi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
umlalume	Other	WHO Monog. 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 Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Bark		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
bark		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
roots	dry roots	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
bark		U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
trunk	dried bark	WHO Monog. 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 Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
bark	bark	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008)
bark	whole or cut, dried bark	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
bark		African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
bark	Whole or cut, dried bark of the stems and branches	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
bark	bark	U.S. Pharmacop. 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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 Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Prunus africana (Hook f.) Kalkman	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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 Monog. 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.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. 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. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) 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 Trop. Africa (2015)

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