Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pereskia aculeata Mill. [Cactaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
carne-de-pobre	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
corona de novia	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cactus lucidus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 349 (1796).
Cactus pereskia L. Sp. Pl.: 469 (1753).
Pereskia acardia J.Parm. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176 (1837).
Pereskia aculeata var. brasiliensis (Pfeiff.) Borg Cacti (Borg): 50 (1937).
Pereskia aculeata var. lanceolata Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176 (1837).
Pereskia aculeata var. latifolia Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck.: 202 (1834).
Pereskia aculeata var. longispina (Haw.) DC. Prodr. 3: 475 (1828).
Pereskia aculeata var. rotunda Monach. Ill. Dict. Gard.: 589 (1901).
Pereskia aculeata var. rotundifolia Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176 (1837).
Pereskia aculeata f. rubescens (Pfeiff.) Krainz Kakteen 41: A (1969).
Pereskia aculeata var. rubescens Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176 (1837).
Pereskia brasiliensis Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176 (1837).
Pereskia godseffiana Anon. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 43: 257 (1908).
Pereskia hortensis Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 385 (1894), pro syn.
Pereskia lanceolata (Pfeiff.) C.F.Först. Handb. Cakteenk.: 513 (1846).
Pereskia longispina Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 178 (1812).
Pereskia longissima Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 385 (1894), pro syn.
Pereskia peireskia H.Karst. in C.E.O.Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 107 (1898).
Pereskia pereskia (L.) H.Karst. Ill. Repert. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 888 (1886), not validly publ.
Pereskia plantaginea Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 179 (1837), nom. nud.
Pereskia rubescens (Pfeiff.) Houghton J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1(2): 3 (1929).
Pereskia undulata Lem. Ill. Hort. 5(Misc.): 11 (1858).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Peireskia aculeata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Peireskia aculeata Mill.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Pereskia aculeata Mill.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) 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)

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