Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
nuriri aqui	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
sebipira	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
sicopira	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010)
sucupira	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Carrasco, Brazil (Dias Souza et al., 2014) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010)
sucupira-preta	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:
bark		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
stem bark		Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
bark, seeds		Med. Pl. of Carrasco, Brazil (Dias Souza et al., 2014)
seed	fluid extract, tincture	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
stem bark		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bowdichia pubescens Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 25 (1837).
Bowdichia brevipes Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 25 (1837).
Bowdichia densiflora Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 25 (1837).
Bowdichia ferruginea (Vogel) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 808 (1842).
Bowdichia floribunda Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 25 (1837).
Bowdichia kuhlmannii Ducke Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 5: 132 (1930).
Bowdichia major (Mart.) Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.: 25 (1837).
Bowdichia major var. fruticosa Benth. J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 71 (1840).
Bowdichia parvifolia Gleason Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 56: 396 (1929).
Bowdichia sebipira Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 220 (1840).
Bowdichia virgilioides var. ferruginea (Vogel) Benth. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 15(1): 312 (1862).
Bowdichia virgilioides f. ferruginea (Vogel) Yakovlev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 202 (1972).
Bowdichia virgilioides var. glabrata Benth. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 15(1): 312 (1862).
Bowdichia virgilioides f. major (Mart.) Yakovlev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 202 (1972).
Bowdichia virgilioides var. pubescens (Benth.) Benth. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 15(1): 312 (1862).
Bowdichia virgilioides var. tomentosa Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 159 (1901).
Bowdichia virgilioides f. villosa Yakovlev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 202 (1972).
Sebipira ferruginea Vogel Linnaea 11: 387 (1837).
Sebipira major Mart. Reise Bras. 2: 787 (1828).
Sebipira virgilioides (Kunth) A.Lyons Pl. Nam., ed. 2: 105 (1907).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bowdichia pubescens	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Bowdichia virgilioides	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Bowdichia virgilioides H.B.K.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Carrasco, Brazil (Dias Souza et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth.	Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)

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