Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mauritia flexuosa L.f. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aguaje	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
buriti	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
burití	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
ita palm	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
itapalm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ite palm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
moensi lutu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
moriche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
morichepalme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
muriti	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
murití	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tree-of-life	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
yurumabrot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, fruit		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mauritia flexuosa var. venezuelana Steyerm. Fieldiana, Bot. 28(1): 90 (1951).
Mauritia minor Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1 (1930).
Mauritia sagus Schult. & Schult.f. Syst. Veg. 7: 1321 (1830), tentatively listed as a synonym.
Mauritia setigera Griseb. & H.Wendl. in A.H.R.Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W. I.: 515 (1864).
Mauritia sphaerocarpa Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 569 (1929).
Mauritia vinifera Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 42 (1824).
Saguerus americanus H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 256 (1878), pro syn.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mauritia flexuosa	SOTWP 2016: Palms of the World Online (2015)
Mauritia flexuosa L.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mauritia flexuosa L. F.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Mauritia flexuosa L. f.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Mauritia flexuosa L.f.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) 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)

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