Plant Details

Accepted name:: Periandra mediterranea (Vell.) Taub. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alcaçuz	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
alcaçuz-da-terra	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
brazilian licorice	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
brazilian-licorice	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

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

Periandra dulcis Mart. ex Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 57 (1837).
Glycinopsis mediterranea (Vell.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 190 (1891).
Glycyrrhiza mediterranea Vell. Fl. Flumin. 7: 317, t. 145 (1829).
Periandra angulata Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 57 (1837).
Periandra mediterranea var. linearifoliolata N.F.Mattos & Oliveira Loefgrenia 59: 7 (1973).
Periandra mediterranea var. microphylla N.F.Mattos & Oliveira Loefgrenia 59: 7 (1973).
Periandra mediterranea var. mucronata (Mart. ex Benth.) N.F.Mattos & Oliveira Loefgrenia 59: 8 (1973).
Periandra mucronata Mart. ex Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 57 (1837).
Periandra racemosa Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 57 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Periandra dulcis Martius	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Periandra mediterranea	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)
Periandra mediterranea (Vell.) Taub.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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