Plant Details

Accepted name:: Agarista salicifolia (Lam.) G.Don [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
angavodiana	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
angavodianalahy	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
angavodianavavy	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bois cabri	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bois de mapou	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bois de rampart	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bois de riviere	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
koropampana	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
langarel	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
plant juice, leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 36 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agauria polyphylla Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 194 (1883).
Agauria salicifolia (Lam.) Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 483 (1877).
Agarista pyrifolia (Pers.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 838 (1834).
Agauria bojeri (DC.) H.Perrier Cat. Pl. Madagasc., Eric.: 7 (1934).
Agauria callibotrys Cordem. Fl. Réunion: 438 (1895).
Agauria goetzei Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 309 (1901).
Agauria littoralis (DC.) H.Perrier Cat. Pl. Madagasc., Eric.: 7 (1934).
Agauria nummulariifolia Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 332 (1890).
Agauria pyrifolia (Pers.) Radais & Sartory Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 153: 964 (1911).
Agauria salicifolia var. acutissima Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 387 (1939).
Agauria salicifolia f. adenantha Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 390 (1938).
Agauria salicifolia var. angustissima Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 386 (1939).
Agauria salicifolia var. brevifolia Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 387 (1939).
Agauria salicifolia f. glandulosa Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 391 (1938).
Agauria salicifolia f. hispida Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 387 (1939).
Agauria salicifolia var. intercedens Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 390 (1938).
Agauria salicifolia var. latissima Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika: 324 (1892).
Agauria salicifolia var. megalophylla Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 385 (1939).
Agauria salicifolia subvar. nummulariifolia (Baker) Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 393 (1939).
Agauria salicifolia f. pubescens Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 394 (1939).
Agauria salicifolia var. pyrifolia (Pers.) Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 483 (1877).
Agauria salicifolia subvar. reducta Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 391 (1938).
Agauria salicifolia f. rufidula Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 386 (1939).
Agauria salicifolia f. setulosa Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 393 (1939).
Agauria salicifolia f. tomentosa Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 393 (1939).
Agauria salicifolia f. trichadenia Sleumer Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69: 387 (1939).
Andromeda ciliosa Bojer ex DC. Prodr. 7: 603 (1839).
Andromeda littoralis (DC.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 88 (1840).
Andromeda pyrifolia Pers. in L.M.A.du Petit Thouars, Mélang. Bot. 4: 14 (1811).
Andromeda revoluta Bouton ex DC. Prodr. 7: 603 (1839), not validly publ.
Andromeda salicifolia Lam. Encycl. 1: 159 (1783).
Leucothoe angustifolia var. pyrifolia (Pers.) Hook.f. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 15 (1861).
Leucothoe bojeri DC. Prodr. 7: 603 (1839).
Leucothoe littoralis DC. Prodr. 7: 602 (1839).
Leucothoe salicifolia (Lam.) DC. Prodr. 7: 602 (1839).
Leucothoe salicifolia var. pyrifolia (Pers.) DC. Prodr. 7: 603 (1839).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Agarista salicifolia (Lam.) G.Don	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Agauria polyphylla Baker	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Agauria salicifolia	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Agauria salicifolia (Comm. ex Lam.) Hook.f. ex Oliv.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Agauria salicifolia (Comm.) Hook. f.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Agauria salicifolia Hooker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Agauria salicifolia var. salicifolia (Lam.) Hook. f. ex Oliver	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images