Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pterodon emarginatus Vogel [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fava-de-santo-inácio	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
faveiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sucupira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sucupira amarela	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
sucupira-branca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark, seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Commilobium polygaliflorum Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 47 (1837).
Dipteryx emarginata Spreng. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 805 (1843), not validly publ.
Pterodon polygaliflorus (Benth.) Benth. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 236 (1850).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pterodon emarginatus Vogel	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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