Plant Details

Accepted name:: Maclura tinctoria (L.) D.Don ex G.Don [Moraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
insira	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
mora	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
latex		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Bark		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 57 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chlorophora tinctoria (L.) Gaudich. ex Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 3: 363 (1880).
Maclura tinctoria subsp. mora (Griseb.) Vázq.Avila Darwiniana 26: 323 (1985).
Morus tinctoria L. Sp. Pl.: 986 (1753).
Broussonetia plumeri Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 901 (1826).
Broussonetia tinctoria (L.) Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 3: 686 (1802).
Broussonetia zanthoxylon (L.) Mart. Flora 24(2, Beibl.): 10 (1841).
Chlorophora mora (Griseb.) Lillo Contr. Conoc. Arb. Argent.: 63 (1910).
Chlorophora tinctoria var. acuminatissima Huber Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 5: 332 (1909).
Chlorophora tinctoria var. affinis (Miq.) Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 113 (1919).
Chlorophora tinctoria var. chlorocarpa (Liebm.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 141 (1883).
Chlorophora tinctoria subsp. eutinctoria Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 113 (1919), not validly publ.
Chlorophora tinctoria f. glabrescens Huber Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 5: 332 (1909).
Chlorophora tinctoria f. miqueliana Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 114 (1919).
Chlorophora tinctoria var. mora (Griseb.) Lillo Bol. Mus. Hist. Nat., Tucuman 6: 10 (1925).
Chlorophora tinctoria subsp. mora (Griseb.) Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 114 (1919).
Chlorophora tinctoria f. ovata (Bureau) Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 115 (1919).
Chlorophora tinctoria var. ovata (Bureau) Chodat Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 349 (1903).
Chlorophora tinctoria f. polyneura (Miq.) Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 114 (1919).
Chlorophora tinctoria var. subintegerrima (Miq.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 141 (1883).
Chlorophora tinctoria f. tataiiba (Vell.) Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 114 (1919).
Chlorophora tinctoria var. zanthoxylon (L.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 141 (1883).
Chlorophora tinctoria subsp. zanthoxylon (L.) Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 113 (1919).
Fusticus glabra Raf. New Fl. 3: 44 (1838).
Fusticus tataiba (L.) Raf. New Fl. 3: 44 (1838).
Fusticus tinctoria (L.) Raf. New Fl. 3: 44 (1838).
Fusticus vera Raf. New Fl. 3: 44 (1838).
Fusticus zanthoxylon (L.) Raf. New Fl. 3: 45 (1838).
Ioxylon mora Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 294 (1898).
Maclura affinis Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 155 (1853).
Maclura chlorocarpa Liebm. Mexic. Neldeagt. Pl.: 30 (1851).
Maclura mora Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 86 (1879).
Maclura plumiera G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 380 (1830).
Maclura polyneura Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 154 (1853).
Maclura sempervirens Ten. Cat. Hort. Neapol.: 87 (1845).
Maclura sieberi Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 83 (1856).
Maclura subintegerrima Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 157 (1853).
Maclura tinctoria var. affinis (Miq.) Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 230 (1873).
Maclura tinctoria var. chlorocarpa (Liebm.) Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 229 (1873).
Maclura tinctoria subvar. lobata Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 230 (1873).
Maclura tinctoria var. ovata Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 229 (1873).
Maclura tinctoria var. polyneura (Miq.) Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 230 (1873).
Maclura tinctoria subvar. quercina Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 229 (1873).
Maclura tinctoria subvar. sinuata Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 229 (1873).
Maclura tinctoria var. subcuneata Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 229 (1873).
Maclura tinctoria var. subintegerrima (Miq.) Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 229 (1873).
Maclura tinctoria var. zanthoxylon (L.) Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 230 (1873).
Maclura trilobata Rojas Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 24: 211 (1914).
Maclura velutina Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 82 (1856).
Maclura zanthoxylon (L.) Endl. Gen. Pl., Suppl. 4(2): 34 (1848).
Morus brasiliensis Pohl ex Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 230 (1873), not validly publ.
Morus dioica Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 149 (1766).
Morus plumiera Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 87 (1841), not validly publ.
Morus spinosa Gaudich. Voy. Uranie: 508 (1830).
Morus tataiba Vell. Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 21 (1831).
Morus tatayiba D.Parodi Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 5: 91 (1878).
Morus zanthoxylon L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1267 (1759).
Procris sieberi Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 398 (1841), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chlorophora tinctoria	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Chlorophora tinctoria (Linn.) Gaud.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Chlorophora tinctoria Gaud.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Maclura tinctoria (L.) D. Don ex Steud.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Maclura tinctoria (L.) D. Don ex Steud. subsp. tinctoria	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Maclura tinctoria (L.) D.Don	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Maclura tinctoria (L.) D.Don ex Steud.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Maclura tinctoria (L.) G. Don ex Steud.	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Maclura tinctoria (L.) Steud. subsp. tinctoria	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Maclura tinctoria (Linn.) G Don	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Maclura tinctoria subsp. mora (Griseb.) Vázq. Avila	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Morus tinctoria L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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