Plant Details

Accepted name:: Allagoptera caudescens (Mart.) Kuntze [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buri	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
young fruit, leaf, root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
young fruit, leaf, root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polyandrococos caudescens (Mart.) Barb.Rodr. Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 1: 8 (1901).
Ceroxylon niveum Jacob-Makoy Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 49 (1870), nom. superfl.
Diplothemium caudescens Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: t. 70 (1853).
Diplothemium pectinatum Barb.Rodr. Palm. Mattogross. Nov.: 81 (1898).
Orania nivea Linden ex W.Watson Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 2: 157 (1887).
Polyandrococos pectinata (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 1: 8 (1901).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Allagoptera caudescens (Mart.) Kuntze	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Polyandrococos caudescens (Mart.)	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Polyandrococos caudescens (Mart.) Barb.Rodr.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

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