Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cabrera	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jurema	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jurema-preta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
juremapreta	Other	Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
mimosa	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
mimosa tenuiflora	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tepescohuite	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tepezcohuite	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tepezcohuite, corteza	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark		Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
bark	powdered bark	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
bark	dried bark	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
stem bark, leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark, leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
corteza desecada		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acacia jurema Mart. Reise Bras. 2: 788 (1828).
Mimosa cabrera H.Karst. Fl. Columb. 2: 63 (1863).
Mimosa hostilis Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 415 (1875).
Acacia hostilis Mart. Reise Bras. 1: 555 (1823).
Acacia tenuiflora Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1088 (1806).
Mimosa apodocarpa var. hostilis (Benth.) Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 1 (1910).
Mimosa limana Rizzini Leandra 3-4(4-5): 14 (1974).
Mimosa nigra Huber Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 1: 303 (1901).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acacia jurema Mart.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Acacia jurema Martius	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mimosa cabrera	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mimosa hostilis Benth.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Mimosa tenuiflora (Will) Pioret	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd.) Poir.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Mimosa tenuiflora L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mimosa tenuiflora Poir.	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
Mimosa ternuiflora	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

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