Plant Details

Accepted name:: Fevillea cordifolia L. [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
antidote bush	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
antidote-vine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ata muyo	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cobalonga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jabilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nacha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ti concombre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Fevillea karstenii Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle (eds.), Monogr. Phan. 3: 943 (1881).
Fevillea uncipetala Kuhlm. Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 365 (1925).
Bryonia punctata L. Demonstr. Pl.: 26 (1753).
Fevillea cordifolia var. hederacea (Poir.) Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle (eds.), Monogr. Phan. 3: 943 (1881).
Fevillea cordifolia var. typica Stehlé & Quentin Fl. Guadeloupe 2(3): 133 (1949), not validly publ.
Fevillea hederacea Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 419 (1798).
Fevillea javilla Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 124 (1817).
Fevillea moorei Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 104: t. 6356 (1878).
Fevillea punctata (L.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 418 (1798).
Fevillea scandens L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1457 (1763).
Fevillea triloba Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 231 (1894).
Fevillea trilobata Reichard Syst. Veg. 4: 253 (1819), nom. illeg.
Nhandiroba cordifolia (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 257 (1891).
Nhandiroba karstenii (Cogn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 257 (1891).
Nhandiroba moorei (Hook.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 257 (1891).
Nhandiroba scandens (L.) Descourt. Fl. Méd. Antilles 8: t. 198 (1829).
Siolmatra mexiae Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(6): 329 (1937).
Trichosanthes punctata L. Amoen. Acad. 3: 423 (1756).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fevillea cordifolia	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Fevillea cordifolia L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) 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)
Fevillea karstenii	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Fevillea uncipetala Kuhlm.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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