Rubiaceae
Canary cheeswood
Nauclea orientalis
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Nauclea
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Common names
By language (14)
- bik
- Mambog
- Burmese
- မအူပင်
- Cebuano
- Bangkal
- Chinese
- 东方乌檀, 東方烏檀
- English
- Canary cheeswood, Leichhardt pine, Leichhardt tree, Yellow cheesewood, Canary cheesewood
- Filipino
- Bangkal
- gor
- Li'awa'o
- Japanese
- バンカル
- Javanese
- Gempol
- Malayalam
- നീർക്കടമ്പ്, Leichhardt tree, Yellow cheesewood, കതമമരം, നൗക്ലിയ ഓറിയെന്റലിസ്, യെല്ലോ ചീസ്വുഡ്, റോസ്കടമ്പ്
- Russian
- Науклея восточная
- shn
- မႆႉၵႃယွင်း
- Sundanese
- Gempol
- Vietnamese
- Gáo vàng, Mitragyna parvifolia var.microphylla
Synonyms
- Acrodryon orientalis Spreng.
- Adina orientalis (L.) Lindeman ex Bakh.f.
- Bancalus grandifolius (DC.) Kuntze
- Bancalus orientalis (L.) Kuntze
- Cadamba nocturna Buch.-Ham.
- Cephalanthus orientalis L.
- Nauclea annamensis (Dubard & Eberh.) Merr.
- Nauclea annamensis (Dubard & Eberh.) N.N.Tran
- Nauclea coadunata Roxb. ex Sm.
- Nauclea cordata Roxb.
- Nauclea elmeri Merr.
- Nauclea glaberrima Bartl. ex DC.
- Nauclea grandifolia DC.
- Nauclea leichhardtii F.Muell.
- Nauclea lutea Blanco
- Nauclea macrophylla Blume
- Nauclea orientalis var. pubescens (Kurz) Craib
- Nauclea ovoidea (Pierre ex Pit.) N.N.Tran
- Nauclea roxburghii G.Don
- Nauclea stipulacea G.Don
- Nauclea undulata Roxb.
- Nauclea wallichiana R.Br. ex G.Don
- Platanocarpum cordatum (Roxb.) Korth.
- Sarcocephalus annamensis Dubard & Eberh.
- Sarcocephalus buruensis Miq.
- Sarcocephalus coadunatus (Roxb. ex Sm.) Druce
- Sarcocephalus cordatus (Roxb.) Miq.
- Sarcocephalus cordatus var. glabra Kurz
- Sarcocephalus cordatus var. pubescens Kurz
- Sarcocephalus glaberrimus (Bartl. ex DC.) Miq.
- Sarcocephalus orientalis (L.) Merr.
- Sarcocephalus ovatus Elmer
- Sarcocephalus ovatus var. mollis Koord. & Valeton
- Sarcocephalus ovoideus Pierre ex Pit.
- Sarcocephalus papagola Domin
- Sarcocephalus undulatus (Roxb.) Miq.
- Sarcocephalus undulatus var. buruensis (Miq.) Havil.
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.