Plant Details

Accepted name:: Berberis ruscifolia Lam. [Berberidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
calafate	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
palo amarillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
quebrachillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
sacha uva	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
uvilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant, Leaf + stem, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

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

Berberis ruscifolia var. coriacea Job Revista Argent. Agron. 7: 33 (1940).
Berberis ruscifolia var. subintegrifolia Kurtz Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Paleontol. 5: 285 (1893).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Berberis ruscifolia Lam.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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