Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mallotus apelta (Lour.) Müll.Arg. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
baibeiye	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
bái bèi yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái miàn jǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái qiū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白楸	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白背叶	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白背叶根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白面戟	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, Leaf		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ricinus apelta Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 585 (1790).
Croton chinensis Geiseler Croton. Monogr.: 24 (1807).
Mallotus apelta var. chinensis (Geiseler) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 171 (1914).
Mallotus apelta var. kwangsiensis F.P.Metcalf J. Arnold Arbor. 22: 204 (1941).
Rottlera cantoniensis Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 878 (1826).
Rottlera chinensis A.Juss. Euphorb. Gen.: 33 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mallotus apeita	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Mallotus apelta (Lour.) Muell. Arg.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Mallotus apelta (Lour.) Muell.-Arg.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Mallotus apelta (Lour.) Müll. Arg.	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Mallotus apelta (Lour.) Müll.Arg.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Mallotus apelta Mull.Arg.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Ricinus apelta Lour.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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