Plant Details

Accepted name:: Parapiptadenia rigida (Benth.) Brenan [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anchico	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
anchico colorado	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
angico	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
angico colorado	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
curupay-rá	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Cortex, Leaf + bark		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acacia angico Mart. ex Colla Herb. Pedem. 2: 268 (1834).
Piptadenia rigida Benth. J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 338 (1841).
Piptadenia rigida var. grandis Lindm. Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 24(3; 7): 36 (1898).
Piptadenia rigida var. typica Lindm. Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 24(3; 7): 36 (1898), not validly publ.
Prosopis elegans Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 165 (1827).
Senegalia angico (Mart.) Seigler & Ebinger Phytologia 92: 93 (2010).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acacia angico Martius	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Parapiptadenia rigida (Benth.) Brenan	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Piptadenia rigida Benth.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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