Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pterogyne nitens Tul. [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bálsamo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
palo mortero	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
tipa	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
tipa colorada	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
tipilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
viraró	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Machaerium pseudotipe Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 110 (1879).
Pterogyne nitens f. parvifolia Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 563 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pterogyne nitens	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pterogyne nitens Tul.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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