Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sapium argutum (Müll.Arg.) Huber [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
burra-leiteira	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
pau-de-candeia	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
pau-de-leite	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:
stem bark		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Excoecaria arguta Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(2): 614 (1874).
Excoecaria tristis Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(2): 615 (1874).
Sapium montanum Lanj. Euphorb. Surinam: 47 (1931).
Sapium triste (Müll.Arg.) Huber Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 6: 451 (1906).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sapium argutum (Müll.Arg.) Huber	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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