Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ceodes lanceolata (Poir.) E.F.S.Rossetto & Caraballo [Nyctaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bois carotte	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
bois de joli coeur	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
bois mapou	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mapou	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pisonia lanceolata (Poir.) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 442 (1849).
Calpidia lanceolata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 38 (1811).
Calpidia ovalifolia Bojer Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. île Maurice 11: 42 (1841).
Pisonia calpidia Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 345 (1841), nom. superfl.
Pisonia ovalifolia (Bojer) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 441 (1849).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pisonia lanceolata (Poir.) Choisy	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pisonia lanceolata (Poiret) Choisy	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

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