Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tara spinosa (Molina) Britton & Rose [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
tannic acid	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
tara	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
taya	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	tannin usually obtained from seed pods	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
fruit, seed, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
seed pods		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
seed pods		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
seed	tannin usually obtained from seed pods	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Caesalpinia spinosa (Molina) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 54 (1898).
Caesalpinia horrida (Kunth) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 169 (1827).
Caesalpinia mucronata Willd. Enum. Pl.: 444 (1809).
Caesalpinia pectinata Cav. Descr. Pl.: 467 (1802).
Caesalpinia tara Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 4: t. 374 (1821).
Caesalpinia tinctoria Benth. ex Taub. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3): 175 (1892), nom. superfl.
Caesalpinia tinctoria (Molina) Dombey ex DC. Prodr. 2: 481 (1825).
Caesalpinia tinctoria var. horrida Pittier in H.F.Pittier & al., Cat. Fl. Venez.: 513 (1937).
Coulteria chilensis DC. Prodr. 2: 481 (1825).
Coulteria horrida Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 330 (1824).
Coulteria tinctoria (Molina) Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 331 (1824).
Poinciana mucronata (Willd.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 448 (1816).
Poinciana spinosa Molina Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili: 158 (1782).
Poinciana tara Ruiz & Pav. ex DC. Prodr. 2: 481 (1825).
Tara tinctoria Molina Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili, ed. 2: 153 (1810).
Tara tinctoria var. horrida (Kunth) Pittier in H.F.Pittier & al., Cat. Fl. Venez. 1: 368 (1945).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Caesalpinia spinosa	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
Caesalpinia spinosa (Molina) Kuntze	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Caesalpinia spinosa Kuntze	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Tara spinosa (Molina) Britton & Rose	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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