Plant Details

Accepted name:: Malpighia emarginata DC. [Malpighiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acerola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
barbados-cherry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
barbadoskirsche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
barbadoskörsbär	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cerejeira-das-antilhas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cerise de cayenne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cerisier de barbade	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cerisier des antilles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grosella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
west indian-cherry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
westindische kirsche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Malpighia berteroana Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 383 (1825).
Malpighia lancifolia (Nied.) F.K.Mey. Phanerog. Monogr. 23: 222 (2000).
Malpighia punicifolia var. lancifolia Nied. Gen. Malpighia: 8 (1899).
Malpighia punicifolia var. obovata Nied. Gen. Malpighia: 8 (1899).
Malpighia punicifolia var. vulgaris Nied. Gen. Malpighia: 8 (1899).
Malpighia retusa Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 74 (1844).
Malpighia umbellata Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 310 (1895).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Malpighia emarginata DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Malpighia emarginata Sesse & Moc. Ex Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Malpighia emarginata Sessé & Moç. ex DC.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

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