Plant Details

Accepted name:: Parmentiera aculeata (Kunth) Seem. [Bignoniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
candletree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cow-okra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cuajilote	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cuajjilote	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
food candletree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guajilote	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
kat	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
pepino de árbol	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
pepino kat	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruits		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
fruits		Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
root		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

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

Parmentiera edulis DC. Biblioth. Universelle Genève, n.s., 17: 135 (1838).
Crescentia aculeata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 158 (1819).
Crescentia edulis Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City), ser. 2, 1(App.): 95 (1889), nom. illeg.
Crescentia edulis Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 4: 113 (1814).
Crescentia musicarpa Zaldivar ex C.Heller Reis. Mexico: 414 (1853), not validly publ.
Parmentiera foliolosa Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 166 (1868).
Parmentiera lanceolata Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 167 (1868), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Parmantiera aculeata	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Parmantiera edulis DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Parmentiera aculeata	Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
Parmentiera aculeata (H.B.K.)Seem	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Parmentiera aculeata (Kunth) Seem.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Parmentiera aculeata (kunth) Seem.	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Parmentiera edulis DC.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)

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