Plant Details

Accepted name:: Casearia sylvestris Sw. [Salicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Casearia sylvestris var. lingua (Cambess.) Eichler

Casearia sylvestris subsp. myricoides (Griseb.) J.E.Gut.

Casearia sylvestris subsp. sylvestris

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
batata de teiú	Other	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004)
burro caá	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
casearia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crackopen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
guatatumba	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
lígua-de-tio	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
palo rajador	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
palo rompe hueso	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
quillero	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
rajador	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
sombra de conejo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sombre de armada	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
são-gonçalinho	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
wild sage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Bark, Leaf + bark, Leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Guidonia sylvestris (Sw.) M.Gómez Dicc. Bot. Nom. Vulg. Cub. Puerto-Riquenos: 95 (1889).
Samyda sylvestris (Sw.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 492 (1805).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Casearia sylvestris	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)
Casearia sylvestris Sw	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Casearia sylvestris Sw.	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004) 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. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Casearia sylvestris Sw. var. sylvestris	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Casearia sylvestris Swartz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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