Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd. [Euphorbiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akharota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akhod	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akhota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akhrot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akroda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akrot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akrottu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akrotu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akrut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akshota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
akshotam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aleurites moluccanus whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
amanakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkod	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asphotaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avellano	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
balucanat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bancoulier	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
buah keras	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
calumbán	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
camirio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
candle nut	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
candle nut oil tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candle nuts	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
candleberry	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
candlenut	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
candlenut tree	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
candlenut-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
chahar-maghze-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cila agaci	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
derekan	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
fiyaai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
girdagane-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gudashaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian walnut	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
indian-walnut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
jaiphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangali akharot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jangli-akhrot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangliakrot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
japhala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jouzebarri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandarala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karankolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karparala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katakrote	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu kottai chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaureshta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kekuna	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
kembiri	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kemiri	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
khasife-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukui	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
kukui nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lichtnußbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
lumbang oil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lumbangtree	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
lumbán	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
madanabhaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
miri	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
mkaa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
naadu aakrotu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naadu akrotu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naati akrotu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naattakrotu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naatuakrottu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
natakrodu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natakrotu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattakkarottu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattkkarotu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattu akrottu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natu akrotu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
natuakrodu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nogueira	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
nogueira-brasileira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
nogueira-da-india	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
nogueira-da-índia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
nogueira-de-bancul	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
nogueira-de-iguape	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
noix des indes	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
noyer de bancoul	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
noyer des indes	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
noyer des moluques	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
noz-da-índia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
otaheite walnut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parvatiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phalasneha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pidekan	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
pritakchhada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramakrot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranakot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rata kekuna	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rekhaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shih li	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
shí lì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
svadumajja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thel kekuna	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
uduga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varnish tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
varnishtree	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
vrittaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
walnut-tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
woodooga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zhú guǒ shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
烛果树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
石栗	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
石栗叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
石栗子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Nut (fruit)		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
nuts, seeds, pulped kernel, bark, leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seed, leaves, fruit, bark, flower	oil from seed	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
iti, bark, flowers, nuts	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aleurites javanicus Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 27 (1913).
Aleurites trilobus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Char. Gen. Pl.: 112 (1776).
Jatropha moluccana L. Sp. Pl.: 1006 (1753).
Mallotus moluccanus (L.) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 185 (1865).
Aleurites ambinux Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 579 (1807).
Aleurites angustifolius Vieill. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 60 (1862).
Aleurites commutatus Geiseler Croton. Monogr.: 82 (1807).
Aleurites cordifolius (Gaertn.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 49 (1840).
Aleurites integrifolius Vieill. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 59 (1862).
Aleurites lanceolatus Blanco Fl. Filip.: 757 (1837).
Aleurites lobatus Blanco Fl. Filip.: 756 (1837).
Aleurites moluccanus var. aulanii O.Deg. & I.Deg. Phytologia 21: 316 (1971).
Aleurites moluccanus var. floccosus Airy Shaw Kew Bull. 20: 26, 393 (1966).
Aleurites moluccanus var. katoi O.Deg., I.Deg. & B.S.Stone Phytologia 21: 315 (1971).
Aleurites moluccanus var. remyi (Sherff) B.C.Stone Pacific Sci. 21: 553 (1967).
Aleurites moluccanus var. serotinus O.Deg. & Sherff Amer. J. Bot. 38: 57 (1951).
Aleurites pentaphyllus Benth. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 7959 (1847), nom. nud.
Aleurites remyi Sherff Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 558 (1939).
Camerium moluccanum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 595 (1891).
Camirium cordifolium Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 194 (1791).
Camirium oleosum Reinw. ex Blume Catalogus: 104 (1823).
Dryandra oleifera Lam. Encycl. 2: 329 (1786).
Mallotus moluccanus var. genuinus Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 185 (1865), not validly publ.
Manihot moluccana (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 167 (1766).
Ricinus dicoccus Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 690 (1832).
Rottlera moluccana (L.) Scheff. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 122 (1869).
Telopea perspicua Sol. ex Seem. Fl. Vit.: 223 (1867).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aleurites javanica Gand.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Aleurites moluccana	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in S Pacific (WHO, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Aleurites moluccana L.Willd.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Aleurites moluccana Linn. Willd.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Aleurites moluccana WILLD.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Aleurites moluccana Willd.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Aleurites moluccana Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Aleurites moluccanus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Aleurites moluccanus (L.) Willd.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Aleurites triloba	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Aleurites triloba Forst.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Aleurites trilobo Farst.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Aleurities moluccana (Linn.) Willd.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Jatropha moluccana L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Mallotus moluccana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Mallotus moluccana Muell. Arg.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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