Plant Details

Accepted name:: Syngonium podophyllum Schott [Araceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aire leaf	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
dog bush	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
syngonium podophyllum whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
wild banana	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Syngonium vellozianum Schott Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 418 (1854).
Arum auritum Vell. Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 113 (1831), nom. illeg.
Pothos auritus Willd. in J.A.Schultes & J.H.Schultes, Mant. 3: 301 (1827).
Syngonium affine Schott Syn. Aroid.: 67 (1856).
Syngonium amazonicum Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 128 (1920).
Syngonium decipiens Schott Syn. Aroid.: 69 (1856).
Syngonium gracile (Miq.) Schott Syn. Aroid.: 70 (1856).
Syngonium podophyllum var. multisectum Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 129 (1920).
Syngonium podophyllum var. typicum Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 129 (1920), not validly publ.
Syngonium poeppigii Schott Syn. Aroid.: 68 (1856).
Syngonium riedelianum Schott Syn. Aroid.: 70 (1856).
Syngonium ruizii Schott Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 418 (1854).
Syngonium ternatum Gleason Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 56: 13 (1929).
Syngonium vellozianum var. decipiens (Schott) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 130 (1878).
Syngonium vellozianum var. latilobum Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 130 (1878).
Syngonium vellozianum var. oblongisectum Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 127 (1920).
Syngonium vellozianum var. poeppigii (Schott) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 130 (1878).
Syngonium vellozianum var. riedelianum (Schott) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 130 (1878).
Syngonium willdenowii Schott Syn. Aroid.: 68 (1856).
Syngonium xanthophilum Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 214 (1860).
Xanthosoma gracile Miq. Index Seminum (AMD, Amstelodamensis) 1853: 3 (1853).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Syngonium podophyllum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Syngonium podophyllum Schott	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Syngonium podophyllum Schott var. podophyllum	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Syngonium vellozianum	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)

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