Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cnidoscolus aconitifolius subsp. aconitifolius [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Mill.) I.M.Johnst.
Infraspecies:: Cnidoscolus aconitifolius subsp. polyanthus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Breckon

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chaay	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
chay	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
chaya	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chaya silvestre	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
chayamansa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chaykol	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
tree-spinach	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xchay	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
leaves		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cnidoscolus chayamansa McVaugh Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 72: 466 (1944).
Cnidoscolus chaya Lundell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 72: 321 (1945).
Cnidoscolus fragrans (Kunth) Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 63 (1827).
Cnidoscolus longipedunculatus (Brandegee) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, XVI: 193 (1924).
Cnidoscolus napifolius (Desr.) Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 63 (1827).
Cnidoscolus palmatus (Willd.) Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 63 (1827).
Cnidoscolus quinquelobatus (Mill.) León Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. ''Felipe Poey'' 15: 236 (1941).
Jatropha aconitifolia var. multipartita Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1100 (1866).
Jatropha aconitifolia var. palmata (Willd.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1100 (1866).
Jatropha aconitifolia var. papaya (Medik.) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, I: 101 (1910).
Jatropha deutziiflora Croizat J. Washington Acad. Sci. 33: 16 (1943).
Jatropha fragrans Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 105 (1817).
Jatropha longepedunculata (Brandegee) Brandegee Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 7: 328 (1920).
Jatropha napifolia Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 15 (1797).
Jatropha palmata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 562 (1805).
Jatropha papaya Medik. Bot. Beob. 1782: 194 (1783).
Jatropha quinquelobata Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Jatropha urens var. inermis Calvino Revista Agric. Comércio Trab. 2: 364 (1919).
Jatropha urens var. longepedunculata Brandegee Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 368 (1917).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cnidoscolus chayamansa Mc Vaugh	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Cnidoscolus chayamansa McVaugh	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Cnidoscolus chayamansa Mcvaugh	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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