Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bauhinia forficata Link [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Bauhinia forficata subsp. forficata

Bauhinia forficata subsp. pruinosa (Vogel) Fortunato & Wunderlin

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cow's foot	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cow's-foot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mororó	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
pata de vaca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pata-de-vaca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010)
pata-de-vacu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
unha-de-vaca	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

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

Inga forficata (Link) Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult., Nachtr. 2: 139 (1826).
Pauletia forficata (Link) A.Schmitz Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 43: 389 (1973).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bauhinia forficata Link	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

Bauhinia forficata Link

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)
Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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