Plant Details

Accepted name:: Malpighia glabra L. [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) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
baarbadaas charry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barbados cherry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
barbadoskirsche	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
dà guǒ huáng rù huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
escobillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
seeme arenelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seemearenelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simeyaranelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vallari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
west indian cherry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
west indies cherry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xī yìn dú yīng táo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大果黄褥花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
西印毒樱桃	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf, Fruit		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit, pulp, bark		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Malpighia punicifolia L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 609 (1762).
Malpighia biflora Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 326 (1797).
Malpighia fallax Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 318 (1796), nom. superfl.
Malpighia glabra var. acuminata A.Juss. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 265 (1843).
Malpighia glabra var. antillana Urb. & Nied. Gen. Malpighia: 5 (1899).
Malpighia glabra var. guatemalensis Nied. Gen. Malpighia: 5 (1899).
Malpighia glabra var. lancifolia Nied. Gen. Malpighia: 5 (1899).
Malpighia glabra var. typica Nied. Gen. Malpighia: 5 (1899), not validly publ.
Malpighia glabra var. undulata Nied. Gen. Malpighia: 5 (1899).
Malpighia lucida Pav. ex Moric. Pl. Nouv. Amér.: 109 (1841), pro syn.
Malpighia macrophylla Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 37 (1814), nom. illeg.
Malpighia myrtifolia Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 406 (1829).
Malpighia myrtoides Moritz ex Nied. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 141: 638 (1928), pro syn.
Malpighia neumanniana A.Juss. Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 2, 5: 103 (1846).
Malpighia nitida Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768), nom. illeg.
Malpighia oxycocca var. biflora (Poir.) Nied. Gen. Malpighia: 14 (1899).
Malpighia peruviana Moric. Pl. Nouv. Amér.: 109 (1841).
Malpighia semeruco A.Juss. Malpigh. Syn.: 62 (1840).
Malpighia undulata A.Juss. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 266 (1843).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Malpighia glabra	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Malpighia glabra L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Malpighia glabra Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Malpighia punicifolia	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Malpighia punicifolia L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Malpighia punicifolia Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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