Plant Details

Accepted name:: Paullinia pinnata L. [Sapindaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adifiehotsui	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akodwen-akodwen	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akokyere	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akonkyerew-akonkyerew	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akoronkoronduawa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akplokinakpa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akronkronduawa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
barbasco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bread and cheese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
cinq feuilles	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
cururu-apé	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
feifi finga wiwiri	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
gbobilomamu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
gbolantsere	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
hannu-biyar	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
heviohuma	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
isipo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
kanakana	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
lukaka	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mata-fome	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
mopumba	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ngudi nkayi ludimi lumbwa	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
obosomfo bese	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
paullinia	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
paullinia leaf	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
paullinia pinnata	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pbamampbo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
timbo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
toa ntini	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
tua ndinli	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
yatsa-biyar	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
whole plant	dry whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leaves		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
leaf	dried or fresh compound leaves	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
seed, leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
seed, leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Bark, leaf + flowers, Leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cururu pinnata House Amer. Midl. Naturalist 8: 64 (1922).
Pancovia heckelii Claudel Ann. Inst. Colon. Marseille 2(3): 45 (1895).
Paullinia africana R.Br. ex Tedlie in T.E.Bowdich, Miss. Ashantee: 373 (1819).
Paullinia angusta N.E.Br. Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 20: 49 (1894).
Paullinia grandiflora Cambess. in A.F.C.P.de Saint-Hilaire & al., Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 372 (1828).
Paullinia hostmannii Steud. Flora 27: 725 (1844).
Paullinia pendulifolia Rusby Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 291 (1927).
Tondin surinamensium Schill. Descr. Pl. Curat. Leprae: 198, t. 1 (1778).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Paullinia pinnata	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Paullinia pinnata L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Paullinia pinnata Linn.	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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