Plant Details

Accepted name:: Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer [Meliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ball-wood	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
berreiro	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
bois balé	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cocillana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
cocillana tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cocillana tree#	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
guaraguao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guarea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guarea trichilioides	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
hombre grande	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
huapi bark	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
jitó	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
macaqueiro	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
mayuhwama	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
muskwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pamasuki	Other	Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
red-wood	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
requia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
requia colorada	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
retru	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tukúta	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
yamagua	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
yamao	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
yantsãu	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
stem bark		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Bark		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stem bark		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 42 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Guarea grandifolia DC. Prodr. 1: 624 (1824), nom. superfl.
Guarea guara (Jacq.) P.Wilson in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 272 (1924).
Guarea rusbyi (Britton) Rusby Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 17 (1896).
Guarea trichilioides L. Mant. Pl. 2: 228 (1771), nom. superfl.
Casearia brevipes Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 9: 326 (1914), nom. illeg.
Casearia guidonia (L.) Benth. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 2): 89 (1861).
Guarea alba C.DC. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 189 (1878), nom. nud.
Guarea alternans C.DC. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 186 (1878).
Guarea andreana C.DC. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 10: 144 (1907).
Guarea aubletii A.Juss. Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 23: 239bis (1830).
Guarea bahiensis Klotzsch Linnaea 14: 300 (1840).
Guarea bilibil C.DC. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 570 (1894).
Guarea brachystachya Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Prodr. 1: 624 (1824).
Guarea cabirme C.DC. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 10: 143 (1907).
Guarea campestris C.DC. Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 6: 114 (1914).
Guarea eggersii C.DC. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 10: 176 (1907).
Guarea francavillana C.DC. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 187 (1878).
Guarea leticiana Harms Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 505 (1937).
Guarea multiflora A.Juss. Bull. Sci. Nat. Géol. 23: 239bis (1830).
Guarea multijuga A.Juss. in A.F.C.P.de Saint-Hilaire & al., Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 82 (1829).
Guarea parva C.DC. Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 68(6): 3 (1917).
Guarea puberula Pittier Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 4: 357 (1938).
Guarea purgans A.Juss. in A.F.C.P.de Saint-Hilaire & al., Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 83 (1829).
Guarea racemiformis S.F.Blake Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 241 (1919).
Guarea rubescens C.DC. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 407 (1903).
Guarea rubricalyx S.Moore Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 336 (1895).
Guarea rubrisepala Cuatrec. Fieldiana, Bot. 27(1): 73 (1950).
Guarea sinuata M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 119 (1846), nom. illeg.
Guarea surinamensis Miq. ex C.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 543 (1878), not validly publ.
Guarea sylvestris S.Moore Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 325 (1895).
Guarea trichilioides var. brachystachya C.DC. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 184 (1878).
Guarea trichilioides var. colombiana C.DC. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 10: 138 (1907).
Guarea trichilioides var. decandra C.DC. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 10: 139 (1907).
Guarea trichilioides var. pallida C.DC. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 184 (1878).
Guarea tuberculata var. purgans (A.Juss.) C.DC. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 191 (1878).
Guarea xiroresana C.DC. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 418 (1905).
Melia guara Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 220 (1760).
Samyda guidonia L. Sp. Pl.: 443 (1753).
Samyda rubra DC. Prodr. 2: 48 (1825).
Sycocarpus rusbyi Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 14: 143 (1887).
Trichilia aubletii Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 700 (1841), nom. nud.
Trichilia guara (Jacq.) L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 551 (1762).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cuarea trichioides	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Guarea grandifolia (L.) Sleumer	Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
Guarea guara	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Guarea guara Wilson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Guarea guidonia L.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Guarea rusbyi	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Guarea rusbyi (Britton) Rusby	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Guarea rusbyi Rusby	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Guarea trichilioides Allam. ex L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Guarea trichilioides L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Guarea trichilioides Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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