Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dendropanax arboreus (L.) Decne. & Planch. [Araliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
palo santo	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aralia arborea L. Pl. Jamaic. Pug. 2: 11 (1759).
Dendropanax brachypodus (Urb.) R.C.Schneid. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 644 (1909).
Dendropanax samydifolius (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Seem. J. Bot. 6: 140 (1868).
Erithalis pentagonia DC. Prodr. 4: 465 (1830).
Gilibertia arborea (L.) Marchal ex T.Durand & Pittier Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique 30: 281 (1891 publ. 1892).
Gilibertia brachypoda Urb. Symb. Antill. 5: 452 (1908).
Gilibertia samydifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Marchal in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 1: 201 (1899).
Hedera arborea (L.) Sw. Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 818 (1797), nom. illeg.
Schefflera arborea (L.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 249 (1890).
Sciodaphyllum arboreum (L.) C.L.Hitchc. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 91 (1893).
Sciodaphyllum samydifolium C.Wright ex Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub.: 117 (1866).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aralia arborea L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dendropanax arboreus (L.) Decne & Planch.	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Dendropanax arboreus (L.) Decne. & Planch.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dendropanax arboreus (L.)Decne. & Planch.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dendropanax aroboreus (L.) Decne. & Planch.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Dendropanax brachypodus (Urb.)R.C.Schneid.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dendropanax samydifolius (C.Wright ex Griseb.)Seem.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Erithalis pentagonia DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gilibertia arborea (L.)E.March.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Gilibertia arborea (L.)Marchal ex T.Durand & Pittier	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gilibertia brachypoda Urb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gilibertia samydifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.)Marchal	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Hedera arborea (L.)Sw.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Schefflera arborea (L.)M.GÃ³mez	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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