Plant Details

Accepted name:: Quillaja saponaria Molina [Quillajaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
casca do panamá	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
chilenischer seifenbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jabón de palo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kilaya	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kvillaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
murillo's-bark	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
panama	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
panama bark	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
panama wood	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
quilaia	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
quillai	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
quillaia	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
quillaia bark	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
quillaia extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
quillaiae cortex	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
quillaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
quillaja saponaria	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
quillajae cortex	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
quillay	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quillay bark	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
quiláia	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
seifenrinde	Other	Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
seifenrindenbaum	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
soap bark	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
soap bark tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
soap bark-tree	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
soap tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
soap-bark tree	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
soapbark	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
soapbark tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
soapbarktree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
soapbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
soaptree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
bark		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
bark	liquid	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bark	extract	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
stem, root, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bark	dried bark	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
bark	dried cut bark	Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006)
wood	vegetal drug, fluid extract, tincture	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
stem bark	dried bark of branches devoid of periderm, cut	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
bark	Whole or fragmented, dried bark, with the cork and underlying parenchyma removed	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

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

Quillaja smegmadermos Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 547 (1825).
Smegmadermos emarginata Ruiz & Pav. Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil.: 288 (1798).
Leucoxyla saponaria (Molina) Rojas Acosta Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes: 69 (1897).
Quillaja molinae Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 547 (1825), nom. superfl.
Quillaja poeppigii Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 52 (1843).
Quillaja smegmadermis St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 133 (1880), orth. var.
Smegmaria emarginata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1123 (1806), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Quillaia saponaria Molina	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Quillaia smegnadermos DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Quillaja saponaria	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Quillaja saponaria Mol.	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Quillaja saponaria Molina	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Pharmacopoeia Helvetica (Swissmedic, 2006) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Quillaja saponaria Molina s.l.	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Quillaja saponaria Molina.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Quillaja saponaria Nolina	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Quillaja smegmadermos D.C.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Quillaja smegmadermos DC.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Quillaja smegmadermos Ser.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Smegmadermos emarginata Ruiz & Pav.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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