Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sterculia apetala (Jacq.) H.Karst. [Malvaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Sterculia apetala var. apetala

Sterculia apetala var. elata (Ducke) E.L.Taylor ex Brako & Zarucchi

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anacaguita	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
anacahuita	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
castaño	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mano de león	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
pistache des indes	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
sterculia apetala whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Clompanus apetala (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 78 (1891).
Helicteres apetala Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 30 (1760).
Sterculia carthaginensis Cav. Diss. 6: 353 (1788), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sterculia apetala	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Sterculia apetala (Jacq.) H. Karst.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sterculia apetala (Jacq.) H.Karst.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Sterculia apetala Karsten	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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