Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acacia	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
bunga jepun	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cacahuananche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cacahuanano	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
carsim	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chuchunuc	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
coba-yuc	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cocite	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cocuite	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
coytunuc	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kakauati	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kona	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
lengua de perico	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
madera negra	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
madre cacao	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
madre de cacao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
madriado	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
madrial	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
madricacao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marinero	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mata raton	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mata ratón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mata-raton	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mataraton	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matarratón	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
matasarna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mexican lilac	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mother of cocoa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mãe-do-cacau	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nicaraguan cocoa shade	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nicaraguan cocoashade	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paaki	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
palo nediondo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
palode hierra	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
planta-mãe-do-cacau	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
primavera	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
quick stick	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
quick-stick	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quickstick	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sak-yab	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
st.vincent plum	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tree of iron	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yaite	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Barks, Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gliricidia lambii Fernald Bot. Gaz. 20: 533 (1895).
Lonchocarpus roseus (Mill.) DC. Prodr. 2: 260 (1825).
Lonchocarpus sepium (Jacq.) DC. Prodr. 2: 260 (1825).
Millettia luzonensis A.Gray U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 456 (1854).
Robinia rosea Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
Robinia sepium Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 28 (1760).
Robinia variegata Schltdl. Linnaea 12: 301 (1838).
Gliricidia maculata var. multijuga Micheli Bot. Gaz. 20: 284 (1895).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gliciridia sepium Kth.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Gliricidia lambii Fernald	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gliricidia sepium	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Gliricidia sepium (Jac.) Kunth Ex. Walp.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth Ex Walp.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Steud	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud.	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.)Walp.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gliricidia sepium (Kunth)Walp.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gliricidia sepium Steud.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Gliricidia sepium Steudner	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lonchocarpus roseus (Mill.)DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lonchocarpus sepium (Jacq.)DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Millettia luzonensis A.Gray	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Robinia rosea Mill.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Robinia sepium Jacq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Robinia variegata Schltdl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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