Plant Details

Accepted name:: Discaria chacaye (G.Don) Tortosa [Rhamnaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chacay de la cordillera	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
espino blanco	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Colletia chacaye G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 35 (1832).
Colletia crenata Clos in C.Gay, Fl. Chil. 2: 35 (1847).
Colletia discolor Hook. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 6: t. 538 (1843).
Colletia dumosa Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 84: 7 (1893), nom. illeg.
Colletia montana Phil. Linnaea 33: 37 (1864).
Colletia nivalis Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 84: 8 (1893).
Colletia serratifolia var. foliosa Hook. & Arn. Bot. Misc. 3: 173 (1833).
Discaria cognata (Miers) Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 96-98: 52 (1897).
Discaria crenata (Clos) Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1860: 50 (1860).
Discaria crenata var. discolor (Hook.) Suess. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 8: 355 (1953).
Discaria crenata var. dumosa (Phil.) Suess. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 8: 355 (1953).
Discaria crenata var. integrifolia (Speg.) Suess. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 8: 355 (1953).
Discaria crenata var. magellanica (Miers) Suess. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 8: 355 (1953).
Discaria crenata var. montana (Phil.) Suess. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 8: 355 (1953).
Discaria discolor (Hook.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Weberb. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(5): 423 (1896).
Discaria dumosa (Phil.) Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 96-98: 52 (1897).
Discaria foliosa (Hook. & Arn.) Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 96-98: 52 (1897).
Discaria integrifolia Speg. Revista Fac. Agron. Univ. Nac. La Plata 3: 502 (1897).
Discaria magellanica (Miers) Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 96-98: 52 (1897).
Discaria montana (Phil.) Reiche Anales Univ. Chile 96-98: 52 (1897).
Discaria × serratifolia var. discolor (Hook.) Escal. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 1: 226 (1946).
Notophaena cognata Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 5: 270 (1860).
Notophaena discolor (Hook.) Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 5: 270 (1860).
Notophaena foliosa Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 5: 269 (1860).
Notophaena magellanica Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 5: 271 (1860).
Rhamnus chacaye Dombey ex Brongn. Mém. Fam. Rhamn.: 59 (1826).
Rhamnus saquil Dombey ex Brongn. Mém. Fam. Rhamn.: 59 (1826), not validly publ.
Rhamnus spartium Dombey ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 512 (1819), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Discaria chacaye (G. Don) Tortosa	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Discaria chacaye (G.Don) Tortosa	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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