Plant Details

Accepted name:: Discaria americana Gillies & Hook. [Rhamnaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
brusquilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
coronillo del campo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
quina del campo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
quina-do-brasil	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
quina-do-campo	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tola	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Dried aerial parts, Root, Stem + root bark		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Discaria febrifuga Mart. Syst. Mat. Med. Bras.: 37 (1843).
Discaria longispina (Hook. & Arn.) Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 5: 373 (1860).
Colletia longispina Hook. & Arn. Bot. Misc. 3: 173 (1833).
Colletia longispina var. foliosa Hook. & Arn. Bot. Misc. 3: 173 (1833).
Colletia longissima Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 397 (1840), not validly publ.
Condalia spinosa Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 108 (1827).
Discaria exilis (Miers) Herter Fl. Ilustr. Urug. 1(13): t. 2088 (1957).
Discaria gracilenta (Miers) Herter Fl. Ilustr. Urug. 1(13): t. 2091 (1957).
Discaria longispina var. foliosa Griseb. Symb. Fl. Argent.: 64 (1879).
Discaria lycioides Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 5: 372 (1860).
Discaria lycioides var. exilis Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 5: 373 (1860).
Discaria spiculata Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 5: 374 (1860).
Discaria spiculata var. gracilenta Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 5: 375 (1860).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Discaria americana Gill. & Hook.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Discaria americana Gillies & Hook.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) 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)
Discaria febrifuga Mart.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Discaria longispina	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Discaria longispina Miers	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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