Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eysenhardtia polystachya (Ortega) Sarg. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kidneywood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
palo azul	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
palo duke	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
palo dulce	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
palo santo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
yztacquaiutl	Other	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem		Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
trunk		Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
stem		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eysenhardtia amorphoides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 489 (1824).
Psoralea stipularis Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 169 (1894).
Varennea polystachya (Ortega) DC. Prodr. 2: 522 (1825).
Viborquia polystachya Ortega Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec.: 66 (1798).
Amerimnon polystachyon (Ortega) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 268 (1827).
Dalbergia amorphoides Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 268 (1827).
Dalea fruticosa G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 226 (1832).
Psoralea fruticosa Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City), ser. 2, 1(App.): 121 (1890), nom. illeg.
Wiborgia amorphoides (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 213 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eysenhardtia amorphoides	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Eysenhardtia amorphoides H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Eysenhardtia amorphoides Kunth	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Eysenhardtia polystachya	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Eysenhardtia polystachya (Ort.) Sarg.	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
Eysenhardtia polystachya (Ortega) Sarg.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Eysenhardtia polystachya (Ortega)Sarg.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Psoralea stipularis Sesse & Mocino	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Varennea polystachya DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Viborquia polystachya Ortega	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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