Plant Details

Accepted name:: Polygala appendiculata Vell. [Polygalaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arrozinho	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

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 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygala gracilis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 401 (1823).
Polygala alopecurus Chodat Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2: 2): 227 (1893).
Polygala chuiti Chodat Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 30(2, 8): 105 (1889).
Polygala funkii Chodat Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2: 2): 224 (1893).
Polygala lagoana A.W.Benn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(3): 22 (1874).
Polygala leptocaulis Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 130 (1838).
Polygala leptocaulis var. glochidiata (Chodat) Marques Rodriguésia 31(48): 233 (1979).
Polygala macerrima S.F.Blake Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 43: 5 (1930).
Polygala paludosa var. angustocarpa Chodat Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 30(2: 8): 106 (1889).
Polygala paludosa var. exappendiculata Chodat Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2: 2): 226 (1893).
Polygala paludosa var. glochidiata Chodat Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2: 2): 226 (1893).
Polygala paludosa var. longe-spicata A.St.-Hil. & Moq. Ann. Soc. Roy. Sci. Orléans 9: 45 (1828).
Polygala paludosa var. subsessiliflora Chodat Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 31(2: 2): 227 (1893).
Polygala pringlei S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 142 (1890).
Polygala stenocaulon Grondona Darwiniana 9: 26 (1949).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polygala gracilis Kunth	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

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