Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aristolochia maxima Jacq. [Aristolochiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
guaco	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, young leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aristolochia biflora Willd. ex Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 457 (1864).
Aristolochia dammeriana Mast. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 17: 452 (1895).
Aristolochia geminiflora Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 148 (1817).
Aristolochia maxima var. angustifolia Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 457 (1864).
Aristolochia maxima var. geminiflora (Kunth) Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 457 (1864).
Aristolochia mexicana D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 5: 196 (1852), nom. illeg.
Aristolochia oblongifolia Brandegee Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 10: 404 (1924).
Aristolochia reticulata Holton ex Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 457 (1864), not validly publ.
Aristolochia wageneriana Schltdl. Linnaea 26: 631 (1854).
Howardia geminiflora (Kunth) Klotzsch Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 619 (1859).
Howardia golmeri Klotzsch Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 621 (1859).
Howardia hoffmannii Klotzsch Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 621 (1859).
Howardia maxima (Jacq.) Klotzsch Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 615 (1859).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aristolochia maxima	Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998)
Aristolochia maxima Jacq.	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Aristolochia maxima Jacquin	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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