Plant Details

Accepted name:: Psittacanthus calyculatus (DC.) G.Don [Loranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
injerto de ciruelo	Other	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
matapalo	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
muérdago	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
all		Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
stem, leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chatinia calyculata (DC.) Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 351 (1895).
Hyphipus trigona Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 125 (1838).
Loranthus calyculatus DC. Coll. Mém. 6: t. 10 (1830).
Loranthus jacquinii DC. Prodr. 4: 308 (1830).
Loranthus pedunculatus Spreng. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 71 (1841).
Loranthus plumieri Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 3: 211 (1828).
Psittacanthus jacquinii G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 415 (1834).
Psittacanthus plumieri G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 417 (1834).
Psittacanthus scalpratus Vahl ex Eichler in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(2): 25 (1868).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Psittacanthus calyculatus	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Psittacanthus calyculatus (DC.) Don.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Psittacanthus calyculatus (DC.) G. Don	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Psittacanthus calyculatus (DC.) G.Don	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Psittacantus calvculatus DC Don.	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)

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