Plant Details

Accepted name:: Passiflora alata Curtis [Passifloraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
folha-de-maracujá	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
maracujá	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010)
maracujá doce	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
maracujá-açu	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
passiflorae dulcis folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
passionflower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
puro puro	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
tumbo sacha	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
winged-stem passion flower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf	fluid extract, vegetal drug, tincture	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
leaf	dried leaves	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Passiflora alata var. acuminata Graham Edinburgh Philos. J. 12: 172 (1825).
Passiflora alata var. brasiliana (Desf.) Mast. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 635 (1871).
Passiflora alata var. insignis Graham Edinburgh Philos. J. 12: 172 (1825).
Passiflora alata var. latifolia (DC.) Mast. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 635 (1871).
Passiflora alata var. mauritiana (Thouars) Mast. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 635 (1871).
Passiflora alata var. pedunculata Graham Edinburgh Philos. J. 12: 177 (1827).
Passiflora angulata Sweet ex Mast. J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 4: 137 (1877).
Passiflora bicolorata W.H.Baxter in J.C.Loudon, Encycl. Pl., new ed.: 1234 (1855).
Passiflora brasiliana Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 411 (1829).
Passiflora citrifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 154 (1796), nom. superfl.
Passiflora latifolia DC. Prodr. 3: 328 (1828).
Passiflora maliformis Vell. Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 73 (1831), sensu auct.
Passiflora mascarensis C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 502 (1845).
Passiflora mauritiana Thouars Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 6: 457 (1805).
Passiflora oviformis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 167 (1846).
Passiflora pedunculata Mast. J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 4: 137 (1877), nom. illeg.
Passiflora pyriformis DC. Prodr. 3: 331 (1828).
Passiflora sarcosepala Barb.Rodr. Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 93 (1907).
Passiflora tetradena DC. Prodr. 3: 331 (1828).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Passifl ora alata	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)
Passiflora alata C. CURTIS	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Passiflora alata Curtis	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Passiflora alata Dryand.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Passiflora alata Dryander	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Passiflora alata W. Curtis	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

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