Plant Details

Accepted name:: Iriartea deltoidea Ruiz & Pav. [Arecaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
paxiuba	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
pona	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
wakra pona	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stilt root		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Deckeria corneto H.Karst. Linnaea 28: 258 (1857).
Deckeria phaeocarpa (Mart.) H.Karst. Linnaea 28: 259 (1857).
Deckeria ventricosa (Mart.) H.Karst. Linnaea 28: 259 (1857).
Iriartea corneto (H.Karst.) H.Wendl. Bonplandia (Hannover) 8: 102 (1860).
Iriartea gigantea B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 219 (1870).
Iriartea megalocarpa Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 921 (1930).
Iriartea phaeocarpa Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 190 (1838).
Iriartea robusta B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 220 (1870).
Iriartea ventricosa Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 37 (1824).
Iriartea weberbaueri Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 921 (1930).
Iriartea xanthorhiza Klotzsch ex Linden Ill. Hort. 28: 31 (1881).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Iriartea deltoidea	SOTWP 2016: Palms of the World Online (2015)
Iriartea deltoidea Ruiz & Pav.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Iriartea deltoidea Ruiz et Pav.	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

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