Plant Details

Accepted name:: Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akich	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
aquiche	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
arbre cacapoule	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
baceda	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
basida	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
bastard cedar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bastard-cedar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bastardcedar	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bastarh cedar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bay cedar	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bellota del cuaulote	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
bhadraakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhadraakshimara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bois d'orme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bolaina negra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
boss d'orme	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bucha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bulines	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cabeza de negro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cabeça de negro	Other	Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
cablote	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cacade mico	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
camba-acá	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
caolote prieto	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
caulote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
caulote cuaguilote	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
cuagulote	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
cuahulote	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cualote	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cuaulote	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
daun jati blanda	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
ekstrak kental daun jati belanda	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (DKRI, 2008)
elm (trinidad)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
goeaazoema	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guacima	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guacima boba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guacimillo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guacimo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guacimo colorado	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guacimo macho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guasima	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
guayacan	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
guazima	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
guazimo	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
guazuma	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
guazumae ulmifoliae folii extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (DKRI, 2008)
guazumae ulmifoliae folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
guácima	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
guácimo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
guásima	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
guázimo	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
ingá negro	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
ingá-hú	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
jaenu mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kabal	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
majaguade toro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
majahua de toro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
marmelero	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
mutamba	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
nipaltunth	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ootrick	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orme pyramidale	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
palo de olote	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
palote negpo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
palote negro	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
parandesiqua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pigeon wood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
piixoy	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
pixoy	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pouchu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puklnankiwi	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
pundraaksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
quacimoblanco	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rudraaksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rudraakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rudraksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rudraksham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rudrakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rudrasam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rudrkshapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tablote	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tapaculo	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tenbachai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tenkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tenpaccai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tenpuccimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thene-chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thenmaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tubakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
udrikpatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uruttiratcam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urutttirtcamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uttharasham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utturasham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacima	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vácima	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
west indian elm	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
west indian-elm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
west indies elm	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xpiixoy	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
yaco granadillo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
¥k¥	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
bark		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
leaves, bark, roots, fruits		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
bark, leaves, roots, flowers, fruits		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
root, fruit, bark, leaves		Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
fruits		Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
fruit, bark, seed, leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
flower		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
stem inner bark		Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
fruits		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
leaves		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
fruit		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
stem bark		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark, leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Bark, Dried bark + fruit, Dried leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Guazuma guazuma (L.) Cockerell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 95 (1892), not validly publ.
Guazuma polybotrya Cav. Icon. 3: 51 (1795).
Guazuma tomentosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 32 (1821).
Guazuma ulmifolia var. tomentosa (Kunth) K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 81 (1886).
Theobroma guazuma L. Sp. Pl.: 782 (1753).
Bubroma guasuma Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1423 (1802).
Bubroma polybotryum (Cav.) Willd. Enum. Pl.: 806 (1809).
Bubroma tomentosum (Kunth) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 332 (1826).
Bubroma ulmifolia (Lam.) Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 1204 (1841).
Diuroglossum rufescens Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 25(II): 157 (1852).
Guazuma blumei G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 523 (1831).
Guazuma burbroma Tussac Fl. Antill. 4: 69 (1827).
Guazuma coriacea Rusby Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 332 (1907).
Guazuma guazuma var. tomentosa (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 24 (1898).
Guazuma guazuma var. ulmifolia (Lam.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 24 (1898).
Guazuma parvifolia A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 10: 190 (1845), nom. nud.
Guazuma tomentosa var. cumanensis G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 523 (1831).
Guazuma tomentosa var. monpoxensis G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 523 (1831).
Guazuma tomentosa var. parvifolia Kitan. Fitologiya 11: 48 (1979).
Guazuma ulmifolia var. glabra K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 81 (1886).
Guazuma ulmifolia var. trianae K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 82 (1886).
Guazuma ulmifolia var. velutina K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 81 (1886).
Guazuma utilis Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 72 (1845).
Theobroma celtifolium Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 387 (1796).
Theobroma tomentosum (Kunth) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 217 (1890).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Guazuma guazuma Cockerell	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Guazuma polybotrya Cav.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Guazuma polybotrya Cavara	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Guazuma tomentosa	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Guazuma tomentosa HBK	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
Guazuma tomentosa Kunth	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Guazuma tomentosa Kuntz. Schum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Guazuma tormentosa H.B.K.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Guazuma ulmifolia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
Guazuma ulmifolia Lam	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. var. ulmifolia	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Guazuma ulmifolia Lamarck	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Guazuma ulmifolia Lamk	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)
Guazuma ulmifolia Lamk.	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (DKRI, 2008)
Guazuma ulmifolia Lmk var. Tomentosa K. Schum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Guazuma ulmifolia Lmk. Var. Tomentosa Schum.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Theobroma guazuma L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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