Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chrysophyllum cainito L. [Sapotaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ata lawulu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
caimito	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
caimito blanco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
caimito morado	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
caïmitier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jokali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kos ete lawulu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
star apple	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
star-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sternapfel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stjärnäpple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
කොස් ඇට ලාවුළු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
රට ලාවුළු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruits		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

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

Cainito pomiferum Tussac Fl. Antill. 3: 41 (1824).
Chrysophyllum bonplandii Klotzsch ex Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 94 (1863), pro syn.
Chrysophyllum caeruleum Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 52 (1763).
Chrysophyllum cainito var. caeruleum Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 52 (1763).
Chrysophyllum cainito var. jamaicense (Jacq.) Bois Pl. Aliment. 2: 409 (1928).
Chrysophyllum cainito var. martinicense Pierre ex Duss Fl. Phan. Antill. Franç.: 384 (1897).
Chrysophyllum cainito var. pomiferum (Tussac) Pierre in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 150 (1904).
Chrysophyllum cainito var. portoricense A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 157 (1844).
Chrysophyllum cainito var. typicum Stehlé Caribbean Forester 4: 118 (1943), not validly publ.
Chrysophyllum jamaicense Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 52 (1763).
Chrysophyllum maliforme L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 937 (1759).
Chrysophyllum monopyrenum Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 666 (1824).
Chrysophyllum ottonis Klotzsch ex Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 94 (1863), pro syn.
Chrysophyllum sericeum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 138 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chrysophyllum cainito	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Chrysophyllum cainito L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 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)
Chrysophyllum cainito Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Chrysophyllum cainito Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Chrysophyllum calnito	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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