Plant Details

Accepted name:: Schinus polygama (Cav.) Cabrera [Anacardiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
huingán	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
molle	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
molle incienso	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
molle negro	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
peru peppertree	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
trementina	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts, Bark, Latex bark, Resin		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 37 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Schinus dependens Ortega Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec.: 102 (1798), nom. superfl.
Amyris dioica Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 81 (1840), not validly publ.
Amyris polygama Cav. Icon. 3: 20 (1795).
Condalia infectoria Reissek in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 90 (1861).
Duvaua crenata Phil. Fl. Atacam.: 14 (1860).
Duvaua cuneata Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. Bot. Misc. 3: 176 (1833).
Duvaua dentata DC. Prodr. 2: 74 (1825).
Duvaua dependens DC. Prodr. 2: 74 (1825), nom. superfl.
Duvaua dependens var. obovata Arechav. Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 3: 300 (1901).
Duvaua dependens var. ovata Arechav. Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 3: 300 (1901).
Duvaua dependens var. parviflora Arechav. Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 3: 300 (1901).
Duvaua inebrians Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. Bot. Misc. 3: 176 (1833).
Duvaua ornata F.Phil. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Chil.: 47 (1881), orth. var.
Duvaua ovata Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1568 (1833).
Duvaua polygama Kunth Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 2: 340 (1824).
Duvaua praecox f. montana Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 92 (1879).
Duvaua spinescens Ten. Cat. Orto Bot. Napoli: 85 (1845).
Lithraea crenata Phil. Linnaea 33: 39 (1864).
Piptocelus myrianthus Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 449 (1858).
Schinus bonplandiana Marchand Rév. Anacardiac.: 164 (1869).
Schinus crenata (Phil.) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 423 (1881).
Schinus dentata Andrews Bot. Repos. 10: t. 620 (1811).
Schinus dependens var. brevifolia Fenzl ex Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 387 (1876).
Schinus dependens var. longifolia Fenzl ex Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 388 (1876).
Schinus dependens var. obovata Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 387 (1876).
Schinus dependens var. ovata (Lindl.) Marchand Rév. Anacardiac.: 164 (1869).
Schinus dependens var. parviflora Marchand Rév. Anacardiac.: 164 (1869).
Schinus huigan Molina Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili: 169 (1782).
Schinus huigan var. dentata (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 45 (1898).
Schinus huigan var. ovata (Lindl.) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 388 (1892).
Schinus huigan var. undulata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 45 (1898).
Schinus molle var. huigan (Molina) Marchand Rév. Anacardiac.: 164 (1869).
Schinus polygama var. chilensis F.A.Barkley Brittonia 5: 175 (1944).
Schinus polygama f. crenata (Phil.) Cabrera Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 2: 32 (1938).
Schinus polygama f. ovata (Lindl.) Cabrera Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 2: 34 (1938).
Schinus polygama f. parviflora (Arechav.) Cabrera Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 2: 34 (1938).
Schinus polygama var. parviflora (Arechav.) F.A.Barkley Brittonia 5: 176 (1944).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Schinus dependens	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Schinus polygama (Cav.) Cabrera	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Schinus polygamus (Cav.) Cabrera	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

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