Plant Details

Accepted name:: Maytenus truncata (Nees) Reissek [Celastraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
espinheira santa	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
espinheira-santa	Other	Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf	vegetal drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

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

Maytenus ilicifolia (Schrad.) Planch. Hort. Donat.: 30 (1858), nom. rej.
Celastrus ilicifolius Schrad. Gött. Gel. Anz. 1: 716 (1821).
Ilex truncata Nees Flora 4: 301 (1821).
Monteverdia truncata (Nees) Biral Syst. Bot. 42: 690 (2017).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Maytenus ilicifolia (Buren.) Planch.	Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001)
Maytenus ilicifolia (Schrad.) Planch.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Maytenus truncata (Nees) Reissek	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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