Plant Details

Accepted name:: Poraqueiba sericea Tul. [Metteniusaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
caniba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
capibare	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guacure	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
madi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mari	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
umari	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
umarí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yumari	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yuí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Poraqueiba acuminata Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 4: 365 (1859).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Poraqueiba sericea Tul.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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