Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gouania polygama (Jacq.) Urb. [Rhamnaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
jaboncillo	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rhamnus polygama Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 17 (1760).
Gouania crenata Lam. Encycl. 3: 5 (1789).
Gouania crenata var. cordifolia DC. Prodr. 2: 39 (1825).
Gouania martinicensis Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 820 (1812).
Gouania pubescens Lam. ex Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 819 (1812).
Gouania tomentosa Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 263 (1763), nom. superfl.
Gouania ulmifolia Triana & Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 16: 382 (1872), nom. illeg.
Gouania ursinicarpa Rusby Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 103 (1912).
Lupulus lupuloides var. pubescens (Lam. ex Poir.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 119 (1891).
Lupulus lupuloides var. tomentosus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 119 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gouania polygala	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gouania polygama (Jacq.) Urb.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rhamnus polygamus	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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