Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cecropia peltata L. [Urticaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bois cannon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
embauba	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
embaúba	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
guarumbo	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
guarumo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
imbaúba	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
k´ooch k´aax	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
k´ooch le´	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
palan	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
plan	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
plang	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
pop-a-gun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pumpwood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sak k´ooch	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
simbaúba	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
snakewood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
trompetenbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
trompit	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
trumpet	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
trumpet tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
trumpet-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
trumphet	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
uma busi papaya	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
yagruma	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
yagrumo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
roots, leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
leaves		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ambaiba humboldtiana (Klotzsch) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891).
Ambaiba peltata (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 623 (1891).
Ambaiba propinqua (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891).
Ambaiba schiedeana (Klotzsch) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891).
Ambaiba surinamensis (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891).
Cecropia arachnoidea Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 226 (1917).
Cecropia argentea Vis. Orto Bot. Padova: 135 (1842).
Cecropia asperrima Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 227 (1917).
Cecropia dielsiana Snethl. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 362 (1923).
Cecropia digitata var. grisea Ten. ex Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 149 (1853).
Cecropia goodspeedii Cuatrec. Not. Fl. Colomb. 6: 41 (1944).
Cecropia hondurensis Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4: 302 (1929).
Cecropia humboldtiana Klotzsch Linnaea 20: 530 (1847).
Cecropia propinqua Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 149 (1853).
Cecropia scabrifolia Aladar Richt. Biblioth. Bot. 43: 15 (1898).
Cecropia schiedeana Klotzsch Linnaea 20: 531 (1847).
Cecropia surinamensis Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 143 (1853).
Coilotapalus peltata Hitchc. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 130 (1893).
Coilotapalus peltata Britton Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 230 (1893).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cecropia peltata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cecropia peltata L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cecropia peltata Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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