Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ficus insipida Willd. [Moraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dehuhwima	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
doctor oje	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
doctor ojé	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
higo	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
higuerón	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leche de oje	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oje	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ojé	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
ojé de hoja ancha	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
seem	Other	Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
suu	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
wampu׳	Other	Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Latex		Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
aerial part, leaf, bark, exocarp, fruit, látex, bud		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
latex		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
sap		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

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

Ficus glabrata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 47 (1817).
Ficus anthelminthica Mart. Reise Bras. 3: 1128 (1831), nom. illeg.
Ficus glabrata var. obtusula Dugand Caldasia 3: 136 (1944).
Ficus glabrata var. typica Dugand Caldasia 3: 136 (1944), not validly publ.
Ficus helminthagoga Dugand Caldasia 2: 440 (1944).
Ficus insipida subsp. scabra C.C.Berg Acta Amazonica 14(1-2 Suppl.): 201 (1984 publ. 1986).
Ficus longistipula Pittier Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 4(30): 53 (1937).
Ficus palmirana Dugand Caldasia 2: 379 (1944).
Ficus werckleana Rossberg Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 60 (1937).
Ficus whitei Rusby Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 230 (1927).
Galoglychia martinicensis Gasp. Nov. Gen. Fic.: 10 (1844).
Pharmacosycea anthelmintica Miq. London J. Bot. 7: 66 (1848).
Pharmacosycea brittonii Rusby Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 309 (1901).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ficus glabrata Kunth	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Ficus glabrata L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ficus insipida Willd.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) 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)
Ficus insipida Willd. subsp. insipida	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Ficus insipida Willd. var. insipida	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)

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