Plant Details

Accepted name:: Morisonia frondosa (Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng [Capparaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
feijão-bravo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
feijão-de-boi	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Capparidastrum frondosum (Jacq.) Cornejo & Iltis Harvard Pap. Bot. 13: 232 (2008).
Capparis flexuosa Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 230 (1829), nom. illeg.
Capparis frondosa Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 24 (1760).
Capparidastrum elegans (Mart.) Hutch. Gen. Fl. Pl. 2: 310 (1967).
Capparis arrabidae Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 276 (1840).
Capparis commutata Spreng. Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 3: 57 (1822).
Capparis cuneata DC. Prodr. 1: 249 (1824).
Capparis elegans Mart. Flora 22(1 Beibl.): 24 (1839).
Capparis petiolaris Banks ex DC. Prodr. 1: 249 (1824).
Capparis stenophylla Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 13: 437 (1923).
Capparis triflora Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 10 (1768).
Morisonia elegans (Mart.) Christenh. & Byng Global Fl. 4: 141 (2018).
Pleuteron frondosa (Jacq.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 109 (1838).
Uterveria frondosa (Jacq.) Bertol. Hort. Bonon. Pl. Nov. 2: 8 (1839).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Capparidastrum frondosum (Jacq.) X. Cornejo & H.H. Iltis	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Capparis flexuosa Bl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Capparis frondosa Jacq.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Morisonia frondosa (Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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