Plant Details

Accepted name:: Crateva tapia L. [Capparaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mavilinghum puttay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pau-d'alho	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
pau-d’alho	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
pito-pito	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tapiá	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
trapiá	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
varana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, fruit, stem bark		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, fruit, stem-bark		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Crateva benthamii Eichler in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 265 (1865).
Capparis radiatiflora (DC.) Ruiz & Pav. Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 16: 387 (1958), no type indicated.
Capparis trifoliata Spreng. ex DC. Prodr. 1: 243 (1824).
Cleome arborea Schrad. Gött. Gel. Anz. 1: 707 (1821).
Colicodendron obliquifolium Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(II): 328 (1854 publ. 1855).
Crateva acuminata DC. Prodr. 2: 243 (1825).
Crateva arborea Schrad. Gött. Gel. Anz. 1: 707 (1821).
Crateva bahiana Ule Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 202 (1908).
Crateva benthamii var. leptopetala Eichler in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 265 (1865).
Crateva coriacea Herzog Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 52 (1909).
Crateva glauca Lundell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 389 (1942).
Crateva gynandra L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 636 (1762).
Crateva radiatiflora DC. Prodr. 1: 243 (1824).
Crateva tapia var. glauca (Lundell) Standl. & Steyerm. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 55 (1944).
Crateva tapioides DC. Prodr. 1: 243 (1824).
Nevosmila arborea (Schrad.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 107 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Crataeva benthamii Eichl.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Crataeva tapia	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Crataeva tapia Burm.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Crataeva tapia L.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Crateva tapia L.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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