Plant Details

Accepted name:: Miconia albicans (Sw.) Steud. [Melastomataceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blanquillo	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
blueberry	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
branda-fogo	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
café-do-mato	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
canela-de-velho	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
carrasco	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
vence-demanda	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acinodendron albicans (Sw.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 950 (1891).
Melastoma albicans Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 70 (1788).
Melastoma detergibile Schrank & Mart. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 181 (1828).
Melastoma holosericeum Vahl Eclog. Amer. 1: 42 (1797), nom. illeg.
Melastoma nitidum Pav. ex Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 116 (1871 publ. 1872).
Melastoma velutinum Willd. ex Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 116 (1871 publ. 1872), not validly publ.
Miconia detergibilis DC. Prodr. 3: 181 (1828).
Miconia heterochroa Miq. Linnaea 18: 621 (1845).
Miconia holosericea var. acuminata Ser. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 182 (1828).
Miconia holosericea var. montana Crueg. Linnaea 20: 110 (1847).
Miconia holosericea var. oblongata Ser. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 182 (1828).
Miconia holosericea var. obtusiuscula DC. Prodr. 3: 182 (1828).
Miconia montana Crueg. ex Triana Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 116 (1871 publ. 1872).
Miconia renggeri Steud. Flora 27: 723 (1844).
Miconia rufescens Macfad. ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 256 (1860).
Tamonea albicans (Sw.) Krasser in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 142, 188 (1893).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Miconia albicans (Sw.) Steud.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Miconia albicans (Sw.) Tr.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Miconia albicans (Sw.) Triana	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Miconia albicans (Sw.) Triana.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

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