Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mauritiella aculeata (Kunth) Burret [Arecaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buritirana	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
mauritiella aculeata whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
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 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lepidococcus aculeatus (Kunth) H.Wendl. & Drude in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 249 (1878), not validly publ.
Mauritia aculeata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 311 (1816).
Mauritia amazonica Barb.Rodr. Enum. Palm. Nov.: 43 (1875).
Mauritia cataractarum (Dugand) Balick Brittonia 33: 460 (1981).
Mauritia gracilis Wallace Palm Trees Amazon: 57 (1853).
Mauritia limnophylla Barb.Rodr. Enum. Palm. Nov.: 18 (1875).
Mauritiella cataractarum Dugand Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 8: 385 (1951).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mauritiella aculeata	SOTWP 2016: Palms of the World Online (2015)
Mauritiella aculeata (Kunth) Burret	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Mauritiella aculeata (Kunth) Burret Buritirana	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

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