Plant Details

Accepted name:: Trema micranthum (L.) Blume [Cannabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
atadiho	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
ateje amarillo	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
curindiba	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
mutamba	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
pie de paloma	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
trema	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 55 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cordia alba (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 466 (1819).
Varronia alba Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 14 (1760).
Calyptracordia alba (Jacq.) Britton in N.L.Britton & P.Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 123 (1925).
Celtis albicans Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 316 (1840).
Celtis canescens Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 28 (1817).
Celtis chichilea Ruiz & Pav. ex Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 335 (1848).
Celtis curiandiuba M.Gómez ex Planch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 204 (1873).
Celtis lima Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 53 (1788).
Celtis lima Lam. Encycl. 4: 140 (1797).
Celtis macrophylla Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 24 (1817).
Celtis micrantha (L.) Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 53 (1788).
Celtis microcarpa Salzm. ex Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 333 (1848).
Celtis mollis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 996 (1806).
Celtis riparia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 28 (1817).
Celtis rufescens Banks ex Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 334 (1848).
Celtis rugosa Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 996 (1806).
Celtis scabra Casar. ex Planch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 204 (1873), pro syn.
Celtis schiedeana Schltdl. Linnaea 7: 140 (1832).
Gerascanthus albus (Jacq.) Borhidi Acta Bot. Hung. 34: 403 (1988).
Girtanneria micrantha (L.) Neck. Elem. Bot. 2: 121 (1790), opus utique oppr.
Lithocardium album Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 438 (1891).
Lithocardium album (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 438 (1891).
Rhamnus micrantha L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 937 (1759).
Sponia canescens (Kunth) Decne. ex Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 330 (1848).
Sponia chichilea Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 334 (1848).
Sponia crassifolia Liebm. Mexic. Neldeagt. Pl.: 56 (1851), nom. illeg.
Sponia grisea Liebm. Mexic. Neldeagt. Pl.: 56 (1851).
Sponia lima (Sw.) Decne. ex Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 331 (1848).
Sponia macrophylla (Kunth) Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 331 (1848).
Sponia micrantha (L.) Decne. ex Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 333 (1848).
Sponia mollis (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Decne. ex Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 331 (1848).
Sponia riparia (Kunth) Decne. ex Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 329 (1848).
Sponia rufescens Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 334 (1848).
Sponia rugosa (Willd.) Decne. ex Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 332 (1848).
Sponia schiedeana Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 335 (1848).
Sponia stipellata Bello Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 109 (1883).
Trema canescens Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 58 (1856).
Trema chichileum (Planch.) Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 58 (1856).
Trema floridanum Britton in J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 366 (1903).
Trema lima (Sw.) Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 58 (1856).
Trema macrophyllum (Kunth) Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 58 (1856).
Trema melinonum Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 64 (1856).
Trema micranthum var. floridanum (Britton) Standl. & Steyerm. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 40 (1944).
Trema micranthum var. obtusatum Urb. Symb. Antill. 4: 195 (1905).
Trema micranthum var. strigillosum (Lundell) Standl. & Steyerm. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 40 (1944).
Trema molle (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 58 (1856).
Trema orientale f. micranthum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 634 (1891).
Trema orientale var. molle Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 634 (1891).
Trema orientale var. rugosum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 634 (1891).
Trema riparium (Kunth) Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 58 (1856).
Trema rufescens (Planch.) Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 58 (1856).
Trema rugosum (Willd.) Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 58 (1856).
Trema schiedeanum (Planch.) Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 58 (1856).
Trema strigillosum Lundell Phytologia 1: 337 (1939).
Urtica alnifolia Bertero ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 709 (1864).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cordia alba	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cordia alba (Jacq.) R. & S.	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Cordia alba (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
Cordia alba (Jacq.)Roem. & Schult.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cordia alba Jacq.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Trema micrantha (L.) Blume	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Trema micrantha (L.) Blume.	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Trema micranthum (L.) Blume	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Varronia alba Jacq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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