Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hymenaea courbaril L. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amami-gum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amanis gum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
azúcar huayo	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
brazilian copal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
caroubier de la guyane	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
copal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
copinol	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
corama	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
coubaril	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
courbaril	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cura pisi	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
curbaril	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
farinheira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guapinol	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
heuschreckenbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jataí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jatoba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jatobá	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Carrasco, Brazil (Dias Souza et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010)
jitaí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jutaí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kerosene tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kobari	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
laka	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
lawa	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
locust	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
loksi	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
lowataya	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
lumberjack's tea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mairirî	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
paquio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paquío	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
quapinol	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
south american-locust	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tipi	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
tídibu chagágaru	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
west indian locust	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
west indian-locust	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
west indies locust	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
west indies locust (bean)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
resin, bark		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
stem inner bark		Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
bark, resin, bast, fruit		Med. Pl. of Carrasco, Brazil (Dias Souza et al., 2014)
bark, sap		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
stem bark, resin, epicarp		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark, resin, epicarp		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
bark, leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hymenaea stilbocarpa Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 11: t. 11 (1830).
Hymenaea animifera Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 449 (1812).
Hymenaea candolleana Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 323 (1824).
Hymenaea confertifolia Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 11: t. 9 (1830).
Hymenaea courbaril var. obtusifolia Ducke Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 47 (1925).
Hymenaea courbaril var. stilbocarpa (Hayne) Y.T.Lee & Langenh. J. Arnold Arbor. 55: 449 (1974).
Hymenaea courbaril var. subsessilis Ducke Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 263 (1925).
Hymenaea courbaril var. villosa Y.T.Lee & Andrade-Lima J. Arnold Arbor. 55: 446 (1974).
Hymenaea multiflora Kleinhoonte Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 22: 405 (1925 publ. 1926).
Hymenaea resinifera Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 327 (1796).
Hymenaea retusa Willd. ex Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 11: t. 12 (1830).
Hymenaea splendida Vogel Linnaea 11: 409 (1837).
Inga megacarpa M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 15: 140 (1929).
Peltogyne confertifolia (Hayne) Benth. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 15(2): 232 (1870).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hymenaea courbaril	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009)
Hymenaea courbaril L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) 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. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of Carrasco, Brazil (Dias Souza et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hymenaea courbaril Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hymenaea courbartil L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hymenaea stilbocarpa Hayne	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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