Plant Details

Accepted name:: Zanthoxylum pentandrum (Aubl.) R.A.Howard [Rutaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bois piquant	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
bois zépine	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
he	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, leaves		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Fagara guianensis Lam. Encycl. 2: 446 (1788), nom. superfl.
Fagara pentandra Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 78 (1775).
Fagara trinitensis (R.O.Williams) Beard Empire Forest. J. 21: 14 (1942).
Zanthoxylum hermaphroditum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 756 (1806), nom. superfl.
Zanthoxylum trinitense R.O.Williams Fl. Trinidad & Tobago 1: 148 (1929).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Zanthoxylum pentandrum (Aubl.) R.A. Howard	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Zanthoxylum pentandrum (Aubl.) R.A.Howard	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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