Plant Details

Accepted name:: Myrcia chytraculia var. americana (McVaugh) G.P.Burton & E.Lucas [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Myrcia chytraculia (L.) A.R.Lourenço & E.Lucas
Infraspecies:: 3

Myrcia chytraculia var. chytraculia

Myrcia chytraculia var. pauciflora (O.Berg) G.P.Burton & E.Lucas

Myrcia chytraculia var. zuzygium (L.) G.P.Burton & E.Lucas

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
wild lime	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calyptranthes chytraculia var. americana McVaugh Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 404 (1963).
Calyptranthes euryphylla Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 1034 (1924).
Calyptranthes lindeniana var. americana (McVaugh) Lundell Wrightia 2: 115 (1964).
Calyptranthes millspaughii Urb. Symb. Antill. 7: 294 (1912).
Calyptranthes pendula O.Berg Linnaea 27: 21 (1855).
Calyptranthes perlaevigata Lundell Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 7: 29 (1942).
Chytraculia pendula (O.Berg) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 238 (1891).
Myrcia millspaughii (Urb.) A.R.Lourenço & Sánchez-Cháv. Phytotaxa 373: 78 (2018).
Myrcia pendens A.R.Lourenço & Sánchez-Cháv. Phytotaxa 373: 74 (2018).
Myrcia perlaevigata (Lundell) A.R.Lourenço & Sánchez-Cháv. Phytotaxa 373: 80 (2018).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Calyptranthes chytraculia var. americana McVaugh	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

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