Plant Details

Accepted name:: Picramnia antidesma Sw. [Picramniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Picramnia antidesma subsp. antidesma

Picramnia antidesma subsp. nicaraguensis W.W.Thomas

Picramnia antidesma subsp. fessonia (DC.) W.W.Thomas

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
macary bitter	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
quina	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
quinina	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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

Picramnia antidesma var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 104 (1891), not validly publ.
Tariri antidesma (Sw.) Baill. Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 880 (1884).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Picramnia antidesma	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Picramnia antidesma Sw.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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