Plant Details

Accepted name:: Jatropha ribifolia (Pohl) Baill. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pinhão-branco	Other	Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
pinhão-de-purga	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
piãomanso	Other	Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
latex		Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
leaf, latex		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, latex		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Adenoropium ribifolium Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 15 (1826).
Jatropha bornmuelleri Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, I: 133 (1910).
Jatropha bornmuelleri var. penicillata Fern.Casas Fontqueria 55(22): 2 (2003).
Jatropha gossypiifolia var. ribifolia (Pohl) Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(2): 491 (1874).
Jatropha ribifolia var. typica Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, I: 28 (1910), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Jatropha ribifolia (Pohl) Baill.	Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Jatropha ribifolia (Pohl)Baill.	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

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