Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chrysobalanus icaco L. [Chrysobalanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. icaco

Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. atacorensis (A.Chev.) F.White

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abajiru	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
abajuru	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
bajuru	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
coco plum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
cocoplum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
guagiru	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
guajerú	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
guajiru	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
hicaco	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
higágu	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
icaco	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
icaco coco plum	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
paradise plum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
prin de frans	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
prune de france	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, root		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
bark		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bark, root		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
root, stem bark		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root, stem-bark		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chrysobalanus icaco var. genuinus Hook.f. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 7 (1869), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chrysobalanus icaco	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Chrysobalanus icaco L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) 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)
Chrysobalanus icaco Linn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Chysobalanus icaco L.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Chysobalanus icaco Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Crysobalanus icaco L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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