Plant Details

Accepted name:: Homalolepis ferruginea (A.St.-Hil.) Devecchi & Pirani [Simaroubaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
calunga	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Simaba ferruginea A.St.-Hil. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1823: 129 (1823).
Aruba ferruginea (A.St.-Hil.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 103 (1891).
Homalolepis blanchetii Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(I): 575 (1848).
Picrodendron calunga Mart. ex Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 214 (1874).
Quassia ferruginea (A.St.-Hil.) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 2: 1416 (1840).
Simaba blanchetii Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 444 (1858).
Simaba ferruginea var. blanchetii (Turcz.) Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 215 (1874).
Zwingera bahiensis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 802 (1841), not validly publ.
Zwingera ferruginea (A.St.-Hil.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 319 (1825).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Homalolepis ferruginea (A.St.-Hil.) Devecchi & Pirani	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Simaba ferruginea St.-Hil.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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