Plant Details

Accepted name:: Macaranga tanarius (L.) Müll.Arg. [Euphorbiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chéng tóng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
inchong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jebat musang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
karahan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kundoh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
larak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
liú xuè shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
macaranga tanarius whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
mahang puteh	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mahang putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mampu nangkat-nangkat	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sekubin ayer	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tampu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tampu hitam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tampu hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tampu puteh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tampu putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
telinga gajah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tutup	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tutup anchur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xuè tóng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
橙桐	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
流血树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
血桐	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mappa tanarius (L.) Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 624 (1826).
Mappa tomentosa Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 624 (1826).
Croton laccifer Blanco Fl. Filip.: 731 (1837).
Macaranga molliuscula Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 245 (1873).
Macaranga tanarius var. genuina Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 998 (1866), not validly publ.
Macaranga tanarius var. glabra F.Muell. Fragm. 6: 183 (1868).
Macaranga tanarius var. tomentosa (Blume) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 997 (1866).
Macaranga tomentosa (Blume) Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 634 (1916 publ. 1917), nom. illeg.
Macaranga vulcanica Elmer ex Merr. Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 2: 443 (1923), pro syn.
Mappa moluccana Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 816 (1844).
Ricinus tanarius L. Herb. Amb.: 14 (1754).
Rottlera tanarius (L.) Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 238 (1844).
Rottlera tomentosa (Blume) Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 238 (1844).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Macaranga tanaria	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Macaranga tanaria MUELL.-ARG.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Macaranga tanaria Muell.- Arg.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Macaranga tanaria Muell.-Arg.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Macaranga tanaris Muell. Arg.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Macaranga tanarius	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Macaranga tanarius (L.) M?Ll.Arg.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
Macaranga tanarius (L.) Muell.-Arg.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Macaranga tanarius (L.) Mull. Arg.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Macaranga tanarius (L.) Mull.Arg.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Macaranga tanarius (L.) Müll.Arg.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Macaranga tanarius (L.M.A.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Macaranga tanarius Muell. Arg.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Macaranga tanarius Muell.-Arg.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mappa tanaria Spreng.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Mappa tomentosa Bl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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