Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lithraea molleoides (Vell.) Engl. [Anacardiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american mastic	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruera	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
california pepper	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chichita colorada	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
huchhu menasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu amate kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu amate vaasane mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
molle	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
molle de beber	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
molle de córdoba	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pepper tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit, Twigs		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

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

Schinus mollis Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 346 (1883), not validly publ.
Lithraea aroeirinha Marchand ex Warm. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1873: 61 (1873).
Lithraea gilliesii Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 114 (1874).
Lithraea lorentzii Griseb. ex Rojas Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes: 58 (1897).
Lithraea molleoides var. lorentziana Hieron. ex Lillo Contr. Conoc. Arb. Argent.: 2 (1910).
Lithraea ternifolia (Gillies ex Hook.) F.A.Barkley Lilloa 28: 105 (1957).
Rhus clausseniana Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 469 (1858).
Rhus commersonii Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 264 (1817).
Rhus meridionalis Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 936 (1824).
Schinus leucocarpa Mart. ex Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 394 (1876), not validly publ.
Schinus molleoides Vell. Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 134 (1831).
Schinus terebinthifolia var. ternifolia (Gillies ex Hook.) Marchand Rév. Anacardiac.: 164 (1869).
Schinus ternifolia Gillies ex Hook. Bot. Misc. 3: 177 (1833).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lithraea molleoides (Vell.) Engl.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lithraea molloides Engler	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Schinus molle Hort. Ex Engl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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