Plant Details

Accepted name:: Astrocaryum vulgare Mart. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
awarra	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
tjo tjo	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
tucum	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
tucum-bravo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
tucumã	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed, root	oil from seeds	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
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 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Astrocaryum tucumoides Drude in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 381 (1881).
Astrocaryum awarra de Vriese Jaarb. Kon. Ned. Maatsch. Aanm. Tuinb. 1848: 12 (1848).
Astrocaryum guianense Splitg. ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 323 (1853).
Astrocaryum segregatum Drude in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 382 (1881).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Astrocaryum tucumoides	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Astrocaryum vulgare	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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