Plant Details

Accepted name:: Maytenus macrocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Briq. [Celastraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chuchu guazu	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
chuchuasi	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
chuchuhuasca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chuchuhuasha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
chuchuhuasi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chuchuwasha	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
chuchuwasha blanca	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
shuhshuwasha	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, aerial part, stem		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
bark		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Celastrus macrocarpus Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 3: 8 (1802).
Maytenus krukovii A.C.Sm. J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 294 (1939).
Haenkea multiflora Ruiz & Pav. Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil.: 65 (1798).
Maytenus chuchuhuasha Raym.-Hamet & Colas Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 204: 1884 (1937), no Latin descr.
Maytenus multiflora (Ruiz & Pav.) Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 380 (1905), nom. illeg.
Maytenus multiflora Reissek in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 24 (1861).
Maytenus tarapotensis Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 364 (1919).
Monteverdia krukovii (A.C.Sm.) Biral Syst. Bot. 42: 689 (2017).
Monteverdia macrocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Biral Syst. Bot. 42: 689 (2017).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Celastrus macrocarpa	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Maytenus aff. macrocarpa (Ruiz et Pav.) Briq.	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Maytenus krukovii A. C. Sm.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Maytenus krukovii A.C. Smith	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Maytenus krukovii A.C.Sm.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Maytenus krukovii A.c. Sm.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Maytenus macrocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Briq.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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