Plant Details

Accepted name:: Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ihki	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
inajá	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
maripa	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, leaves, flowers	ashes, oil	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Maximiliana maripa (Aubl.) Drude in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 452 (1881).
Maximiliana martiana H.Karst. Linnaea 28: 273 (1857).
Attalea cryptanthera Wess.Boer Pittieria 17: 310 (1988).
Attalea macropetala (Burret) Wess.Boer Indig. Palms Surin.: 155 (1965).
Attalea regia (Mart.) Wess.Boer Indig. Palms Surin.: 150 (1965).
Englerophoenix caribaeum (Griseb. & H.Wendl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 728 (1891).
Englerophoenix longirostrata (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. Sert. Palm. Brasil. 1: 77 (1903).
Englerophoenix maripa (Aubl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 728 (1891).
Englerophoenix regia (Mart.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 728 (1891).
Ethnora maripa (Aubl.) O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 30: 297 (1940).
Maximiliana caribaea Griseb. & H.Wendl. in A.H.R.Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W. I.: 522 (1864).
Maximiliana elegans H.Karst. Linnaea 28: 271 (1857).
Maximiliana longirostrata Barb.Rodr. Vellosia, ed. 2, 1: 112 (1891).
Maximiliana macrogyne Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 692 (1929).
Maximiliana macropetala Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 699 (1929).
Maximiliana regia Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 132 (1826).
Maximiliana stenocarpa Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 696 (1929).
Palma maripa Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 974 (1775).
Scheelea maripa (Aubl.) H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 256 (1878), pro syn.
Temenia regia (Mart.) O.F.Cook Natl. Hort. Mag. 18: 276 (1939).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Attalea maripa	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Maximiliana maripa (Aubl.) Drude	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
Maximiliana maripa (Corrêa)Drude	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Maximiliana martiana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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