Plant Details

Accepted name:: Luma apiculata (DC.) Burret [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arrayán	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
quetri	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eugenia apiculata DC. Prodr. 3: 276 (1828).
Myrceugenella apiculata (DC.) Kausel Revista Argent. Agron. 9: 47 (1942).
Eugenia affinis Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. Bot. Misc. 3: 321 (1833), nom. illeg.
Eugenia apiculata var. arnyan Hook.f. Fl. Antarct. 2: 277 (1846).
Eugenia barneoudii O.Berg Linnaea 27: 263 (1856), nom. superfl.
Eugenia cuspidata Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 84: 755 (1893), nom. illeg.
Eugenia ebracteata Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 84: 758 (1893).
Eugenia gilliesii Hook. & Arn. Bot. Misc. 3: 320 (1833).
Eugenia hookeri Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 603 (1840).
Eugenia luma O.Berg Linnaea 27: 251 (1856).
Eugenia modesta Phil. Linnaea 28: 688 (1858), nom. illeg.
Eugenia mucronata Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 1865(2): 327 (1865), nom. illeg.
Eugenia palenae Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 84: 756 (1893).
Eugenia proba O.Berg Linnaea 29: 225 (1858).
Eugenia spectabilis Phil. Linnaea 28: 639 (1857).
Luma gilliesii (Hook. & Arn.) Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 523 (1941).
Luma hookeri (Steud.) Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 526 (1941).
Luma spectabilis (Phil.) Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 523 (1941).
Myrceugenella apiculata var. australis Kausel Revista Argent. Agron. 9: 49 (1942).
Myrceugenella apiculata var. genuina Kausel Revista Argent. Agron. 9: 48 (1942), not validly publ.
Myrceugenella apiculata var. nahulhuapensis Kausel Revista Argent. Agron. 9: 236 (1942).
Myrceugenella apiculata var. spectabilis (Phil.) Kausel Revista Argent. Agron. 9: 49 (1942).
Myrceugenella grandjotii Kausel Revista Argent. Agron. 9: 50 (1942).
Myrceugenia apiculata (DC.) Nied. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 74 (1893).
Myrceugenia apiculata var. australis Kausel Revista Argent. Agron. 9: 49 (1942).
Myrtus chekenilla Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 90 (1898).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eugenia apiculata DC.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Luma apiculata (DC.) Burret	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Myrceugenella apiculata Kaus.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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