Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bunchosia glandulosa (Cav.) DC. [Malpighiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abran de costa	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bunchosia media (W.T.Aiton) DC. Prodr. 1: 581 (1824).
Bunchosia acutifolia A.Juss. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 336 (1843).
Bunchosia glandulosa f. latifolia Nied. Arbeiten Bot. Inst. Königl. Lyceums Hosianum Braunsberg 1: 11 (1901).
Bunchosia glandulosa f. leptophylla Nied. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 141: 667 (1928).
Bunchosia glandulosa f. linearis Nied. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 141: 667 (1928).
Bunchosia glandulosa f. obovata Nied. Ark. Bot. 22A(17): 21 (1929).
Bunchosia glandulosa f. ovata Nied. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 141: 666 (1928).
Bunchosia glandulosa f. typica Nied. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 141: 666 (1928), not validly publ.
Malpighia glandulosa Cav. Diss. 8: 411 (1789).
Malpighia lanceolata F.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 4: 537 (1818), nom. illeg.
Malpighia media W.T.Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 103 (1811).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bunchosia glandulosa (Cav.) DC.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Bunchosia glandulosa DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bunchosia media D.C.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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