Plant Details

Accepted name:: Licuala spinosa Wurmb [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balabat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ci shan ye zong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mangrove fan palm	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
palas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
spiny licuala palm	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Corypha pilearia Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 213 (1790).
Licuala acutifida var. peninsularis Becc. Webbia 5: 44 (1921).
Licuala horrida Blume Rumphia 2: 39 (1838).
Licuala pilearia (Lour.) Blume Rumphia 2: 42 (1838).
Licuala ramosa Blume in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1303 (1830).
Licuala spinosa var. cochinchinensis Becc. Malesia 3: 74 (1886).
Licuala spinosa var. eriantha Becc. Webbia 5: 47 (1921).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Corypha pilearia Loureiro	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Licuala spinosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Licuala spinosa Wurm.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Licuala spinosa Wurmb	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Licuala spinosa Wurmb.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Liquala spinosa Wurmb.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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