Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vasconcellea quercifolia A.St.-Hil. [Caricaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
higuera del monte	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
higuera salvaje	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
higuerita	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
higuerón	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
jacaratiá	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
sacha higo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
yacaratia	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Latex, Leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carica quercifolia (A.St.-Hil.) Hieron. Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 4: 316 (1882).
Carica acuta Heilborn Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 220 (1936).
Carica bonplandiana Solms in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(3): 178 (1889).
Carica hastata Brign. Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. Sci. Modena, Pt. Mem. Fis., ser. 2, 1: 77 (1862).
Carica hastifolia Solms in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(3): 179 (1889).
Carica lanceolata (A.DC.) Hieron. Pl. Diaph. Fl. Argent.: 122 (1882).
Carica × tunariensis (Kuntze) K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 345 (1900).
Papaya lanceolata (A.DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 253 (1891).
Papaya quercifolia (A.St.-Hil.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 4: 285 (1873).
Papaya tunariensis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 102 (1898).
Vasconcellea lanceolata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 416 (1864).
Vasconcellosia hastata Caruel Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 8: 22 (1876).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carica quercifolia	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Carica quercifolia (A. St.-Hil.) Hieron.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Carica quercifolia Bentham et Hooker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Vasconcellea quercifolia A.St.-Hil.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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