Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bauhinia cheilantha (Bong.) Steud. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mororó	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
pata-de-vaca	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:
leaf		Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
leaf, stem bark		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

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

Pauletia cheilantha Bong. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(2, Bot.): 120 (1838).
Bauhinia aromatica Ducke Anais Acad. Brasil. Ci. 31: 295 (1959).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bauhinia cheilantha (Bong.) Steud	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Bauhinia cheilantha (Bong.) Steud.	Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Bauhinia cheilantha (Bong.)Steud	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Bauhinia cheilantha (Bong.)Steud.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pauletia cheilantha Bong.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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