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Chaulmoogra
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Chaulmoogra

Hydnocarpus kurzii (King) Warb.

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Names

EnglishChaulmoogra
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese印度大风子
Scientific nameHydnocarpus kurzii (King) Warb.

About this species

Hydnocarpus kurzii is a species of flowering plant in the family Achariaceae. It is found in India and Myanmar. It is used as a traditional medicinal plant.

Working for Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories, the pharmacist Frederick B. Power studied the seeds of various species of chaulmoogra from 1904. Power and colleagues identified chaulmoogric acid, which has the formula C18H32O2, from seeds of what was then called the Taraktogenos kurzii tree.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderMalpighiales
FamilyAchariaceae
GenusHydnocarpus

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1981First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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