Plant Details

Accepted name:: Jacaratia mexicana A.DC. [Caricaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bonete	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
coahuayote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jacaratia mexicana	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
papaya guatemala	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pileus mexicanus (A.DC.) I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 70: 79 (1924).
Carica heptaphylla Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City), ser. 2, 1(App.): 172 (1890), nom. illeg.
Carica mexicana (A.DC.) L.O.Williams Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 368 (1961).
Jacaratia conica Kerber Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 282 (1883).
Leucopremna mexicana (A.DC.) Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 850 (1924).
Pileus heptaphyllus Ramírez Sinon. Pl. Mexic.: 130, 153 (1902).
Pileus pentaphyllus Becerra Mem. Soc. Ci. "Antonia Alzate" 37: 357 (1921).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Jacaratia mexicana A. DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Jacaratia mexicana A. Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Jacaratia mexicana A.DC.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pileus mexicanus	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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