Plant Details

Accepted name:: Drypetes gossweileri S.Moore [Putranjivaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akot	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
bossmé	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
horseradish tree	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
muyunguo	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
okhuaba	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
youngou	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
yungu	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)

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

Drypetes arinozacia J.D.Kenn.
Drypetes armoracia Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, XV: 275 (1922).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Drypetes gossweileri Moore	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Drypetes gossweileri S Moore	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Drypetes gossweileri S. Moore	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Drypetes gossweileri S.Moore	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Drypetes gosweileri	Med. Pl. Sold In Yaoundé Markets, Cameroon (Betti, 2002)

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