Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hura crepitans L. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
assacu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bombardier	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
catahua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
ceiba amarilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hazomboay	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
hura brasiliensis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
hura crepitans	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
huru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
javillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kaatu-amanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
monkey dinner-bell	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
monkey's dinner bell	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
monkey's dinner-bell	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
mulla-rasanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullarasanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
oassacu	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
payung sumatra	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pirangi gudina mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raethidaani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
retidaani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
retidani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sablier	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
salvadera	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
sand box tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sandbox	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sandbox tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sandboxtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sandbüchsenbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sanddoseträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
seema buruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemabruga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shā hé shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
simaburuga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
voalazomboay	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
yìn ní shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
印尼树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
沙盒树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
endosperm, latex		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seed, bark, latex, sap		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed, leaf, bark		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
latex		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hura brasiliensis Willd. Enum. Pl.: 997 (1809).
Hura crepitans var. genuina Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866), not validly publ.
Hura crepitans var. membranacea Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866).
Hura crepitans f. oblongifolia Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866).
Hura crepitans var. oblongifolia Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1230 (1866).
Hura crepitans f. orbicularis Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866).
Hura crepitans var. orbicularis Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866).
Hura crepitans f. ovata Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866).
Hura crepitans var. ovata Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1229 (1866).
Hura crepitans var. senegalensis (Baill.) Boiss. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1230 (1866).
Hura crepitans var. strepens Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1230 (1866).
Hura senegalensis Baill. Recueil Observ. Bot. 1: 77 (1860).
Hura strepens Willd. Enum. Pl.: 997 (1809).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hura brasiliensis	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Hura brasiliensis Willd.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Hura crepitans	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Hura crepitans L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hura crepitans Liin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Hura crepitans Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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