Plant Details

Accepted name:: Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Libidibia ferrea var. ferrea

Libidibia ferrea var. glabrescens (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz

Libidibia ferrea var. leiostachya (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz

Libidibia ferrea var. parvifolia (Benth.) L.P.Queiroz

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fava-de-jucá	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
fruto-de-jucá	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
jucá	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
pau-ferro	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem, other parts		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
fruit, leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
stem bark, seed		Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
stem bark, epicarp		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark, epicarp		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Caesalpinia ferrea Mart. ex Tul. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 137 (1844).
Apuleia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) Baill. Dict. Bot. 1: 440 (1877).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Caesalpinia ferrea	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)
Caesalpinia ferrea Mart.	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Caesalpinia ferrea Mart. ex Tul.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Caesalpinia ferrea Tul.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Libidibia ferrea (Mart. Ex Tul.) L.P. Queiroz	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Libidibia férrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L. P.Queiroz	Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)

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