Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bauhinia longifolia (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:
pata-de-vaca	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
unha-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. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bauhinia geminata Vogel Linnaea 13: 305 (1839).
Bauhinia longifolia var. acuminata Micheli Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1875: 118 (1876).
Bauhinia obtusata Vogel Linnaea 13: 305 (1839).
Bauhinia recurva R.S.Cowan Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci. 13: 10 (1957).
Pauletia geminata (Vogel) A.Schmitz Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 43: 395 (1973).
Pauletia longifolia Bong. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4(2, Bot.): 128 (1838).
Pauletia obtusata (Vogel) A.Schmitz Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 43: 391 (1973).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bauhinia longifolia (Bong.) Steud.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Bauhinia longifolia D.Dietr.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

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