Plant Details

Accepted name:: Coccoloba uvifera (L.) L. [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barána baíbai	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
baygrape	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cocoloba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grape	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
havsdruva	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jamaican kino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
meertraubenbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ni’ che’	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
platterleaf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
raisinier bord de mer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sea grape	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sea-grape	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
seagrape	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
seaside grape	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shore sea-grape	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
uva	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
uva caleta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
uva de la playa	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
uva de mar	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
uva de playa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
uva-da-praia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
uva-do-mar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
uvero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
waham	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
ripe grape fruit		Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
bark, leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonum uviferum L. Sp. Pl.: 365 (1753).
Coccolobis uvifera (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 132 (1766), orth. var.
Guaiabara uvifera (L.) House Amer. Midl. Naturalist 8: 64 (1922).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Coccoloba uvifera	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Coccoloba uvifera (L.) Jacq.	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
Coccoloba uvifera (L.) L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Coccoloba uvifera (L.)Jacq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Coccoloba uvifera L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Coccolobia uvifera	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Coccolobia uvifera L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonum uvifera L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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