Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euterpe oleracea 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:
acai	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
asai berry	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
asaí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
assai palm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
açai-do-pará	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
açaizeiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
açaí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
açaí comum	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
açaí-do-pará	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cabbage palm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
euterpe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
huasai	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
jussara	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
kohlpalme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palma asai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
palmiteiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palmito-açaí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
para-assaipalm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pina	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
pinot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
uaçaí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, leaves, flowers		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
fruit		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fruit		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Catis martiana O.F.Cook Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 557 (1901).
Euterpe badiocarpa Barb.Rodr. Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 1: 12 (1901).
Euterpe beardii L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 7: 426 (1947).
Euterpe brasiliana Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(1): 674 (1841).
Euterpe cuatrecasasiana Dugand Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 8: 393 (1951).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Euterpe oleracea	Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) SOTWP 2016: Palms of the World Online (2015)
Euterpe oleracea C. Martius	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Euterpe oleracea Mart.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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