Plant Details

Accepted name:: Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
affenseife	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bois tanniste rouge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
carita	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
caro caro	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
conacaste	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
corotú	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
devil's ear	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's-ear	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
earpod tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
earpodtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
elephant ear tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
elephant's-ear	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
guanacaste	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
guanacastle	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
huanacaxtle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
monkeysoap	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oreille d'éléphant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
orejon	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
orejón	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
parota	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pich	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
tuburus	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
árbol de las orejas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, bark, roots, resin		Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
bark, leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Feuilleea cyclocarpa (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 187 (1891).
Inga cyclocarpa (Jacq.) Willd. Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 1026 (1806).
Mimosa cyclocarpa Jacq. Fragm. Bot.: 30 (1805).
Mimosa parota Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City), ser. 2, 1(App.): 177 (1890).
Pithecellobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Mart. Flora 20(2 Beibl.): 115 (1837).
Albizia longipes Britton & Killip Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 35: 132 (1936).
Prosopis dubia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 309 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Enterolobium cyclocarpum	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Grised	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.)Griseb.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Enterolobium cyclocarpum Jacq.	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Feuillea cyclocarpa Kuntze	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Inga cyclocarpa Willd.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Mimosa cyclocarpa Jacq.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Mimosa parota Sesse & Mocino	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Pithecellobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.)C.Martius	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)

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