Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A.C.Sm. [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amburana	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
amburana-de-cheiro	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
cumarú	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in Public Markets, Amazon (Costa Lima et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
iburana-de-cheiro	Other	Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
imburana	Other	Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Public Markets, Amazon (Costa Lima et al., 2016)
imburana de cheiro	Other	Local Markets & Med. Pl. Commerce, Brazil (Monteiro et al., 2010) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Bioprospection, Cerrado, Brazil (Alves Ribeiro et al., 2014)
palo de trébol	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
quixono	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
roble	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
roble del país	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
roble paraguayo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
tumi	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
umburana	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
umburana-de-cheiro	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:
stem		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
bark		Local Markets & Med. Pl. Commerce, Brazil (Monteiro et al., 2010)
stem, seed		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
seed		Med. Pl. in Public Markets, Amazon (Costa Lima et al., 2016)
stem bark		Med. Pl. Bioprospection, Cerrado, Brazil (Alves Ribeiro et al., 2014)
shell (casca), seed		Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
stem bark, stem bark, seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amburana claudii Schwacke & Taubert in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3): 387 (1894).
Torresea cearensis Allemão Trab. Comm. Sci. Expl., Bot. 2: 17 (1864).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amburana cearensis	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Amburana cearensis (Allemao) A. C. Sm.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Amburana cearensis (Allemao) A.C. Smith	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amburana cearensis (Allemao) A.C.Sm.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
Amburana cearensis (Allemao)A.C.Sm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A. C. Sm.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A.C. Sm	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A.C. Sm.	Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Bioprospection, Cerrado, Brazil (Alves Ribeiro et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Public Markets, Amazon (Costa Lima et al., 2016)
Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A.C.Sm.	Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Amburana cearensis (Fr. All.) A.C. Sm.	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Amburana cearensis [Fr. All.] A. C. Sm.	Local Markets & Med. Pl. Commerce, Brazil (Monteiro et al., 2010)
Amburana claudii Schwacke & Taub.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Torresea cearensis Allem	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Torresea cearensis Allemao	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Torresea cearensis Yr.All.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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