Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eugenia sulcata Spring ex Mart. [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pitangueira	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eugenia sulcata var. latifolia Kiaersk. Enum. Myrt. Bras.: 156 (1893).
Eugenia sulcata var. pubescens Mattos Loefgrenia 119: 4 (2004).
Eugenia sulcata var. stricta (O.Berg) Mattos Loefgrenia 64: 4 (1975).
Stenocalyx sulcatus (Spring ex Mart.) O.Berg Linnaea 27: 310 (1856).
Stenocalyx sulcatus var. latifolius O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 339 (1857).
Stenocalyx sulcatus var. ligustrinus O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 339 (1857).
Stenocalyx sulcatus var. longifolius O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 339 (1857).
Stenocalyx sulcatus var. strictus O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 339 (1857).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eugenia sulcata Spring	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Eugenia sulcata Spring ex Mart.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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