Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cissus erosa Rich. [Vitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cipó-fogo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
kapupu	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
parreira-brava	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
uva-branca	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
aerial parts		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 34 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cissus salutaris Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 225 (1822).
Cissus burchellii (Baker) Planch. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 537 (1887).
Cissus duarteana var. sessilifolia (Baker) Planch. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 538 (1887).
Cissus elongata Miq. Natuurk. Verh. Bataafsche Maatsch. Wetensch. Haarlem 7: 10 (1851), nom. illeg.
Cissus elongata var. linearifolia (Baker) Hoehne Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(6): 44 (1915).
Cissus epidendrica Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 39 (1829).
Cissus epidendron Eichler in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 217 (1871).
Cissus erosa var. guaranitica Hassl. Pl. Hassl., Add.: 5 (1917).
Cissus erosa var. linearifolia (Baker) Hoehne Ind. Bibl. Pl. Col. Com. Rondon: 273 (1951).
Cissus erosa subsp. linearifolia (Baker) Lombardi Taxon 44: 196 (1995).
Cissus erosa var. salutaris (Kunth) Planch. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 548 (1887).
Cissus guaranitica Chodat Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 545 (1903).
Cissus inundata var. suberecta (Baker) Planch. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 537 (1887).
Cissus lucida Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 106 (1810).
Cissus matudae Lundell Wrightia 4: 113 (1969).
Cissus obliqua Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic.: 28 (1893), nom. illeg.
Cissus pohlii (Baker) Planch. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 520 (1887).
Cissus quadrialata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 225 (1822).
Cissus scabra (Baker) Planch. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 549 (1887).
Cissus semivirgata Planch. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 538 (1887).
Cissus sexangularis Ernst J. Bot. 8: 374 (1870).
Cissus suberecta (Baker) Malme Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 27(3; 8): 11 (1901), nom. illeg.
Cissus sylvatica Cambess. in A.F.C.de Saint-Hilaire, Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 345 (1828).
Cissus uribei Dugand Caldasia 10: 489 (1970).
Cissus urupaensis Hoehne Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 1(1): 36 (1938).
Vitis burchellii Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 201 (1871).
Vitis erosa (Rich.) Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 210 (1871).
Vitis miqueliana Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 210 (1871).
Vitis miqueliana var. linearifolia Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 211 (1871).
Vitis pohlii Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 205 (1871).
Vitis salutaris (Kunth) Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 211 (1871).
Vitis scabra Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 202 (1871).
Vitis sessilifolia Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 205 (1871).
Vitis suberecta Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 206 (1871).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cissus erosa L.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Cissus erosa Rich.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cissus salutaris H.B.K.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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