Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bunchosia nitida (Jacq.) 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:
mierda de gallina	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 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bunchosia cornifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 154 (1822).
Bunchosia glauca Seem. ex Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 147 (1879), pro syn.
Bunchosia glauca Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 155 (1822).
Bunchosia media f. bicarpellaris Nied. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 141: 655 (1928).
Bunchosia media f. bicarpellata Nied. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 141: 655 (1928).
Bunchosia nitida var. domingensis Urb. & Nied. Arbeiten Bot. Inst. Königl. Lyceums Hosianum Braunsberg 1: 9 (1901).
Bunchosia nitida var. parvifolia Juss. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 336 (1843).
Malpighia nitida Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 21 (1760).
Malpighia spicata Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 115 (1894), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bunchosia nitida	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bunchosia nitida (Jacq.) A.Rich.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Bunchosia nitida (Jacq.)L.C.Rich	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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