Plant Details

Accepted name:: Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) McVaugh [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adixe	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
arazá-de-água	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
camu camu	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
camu-camu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eugenia divaricata Benth. J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 319 (1840).
Eugenia grandiglandulosa Kiaersk. Enum. Myrt. Bras.: 181 (1893).
Marlierea macedoi D.Legrand Comun. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo 3(40): 27 (1962), no Latin descr.
Myrciaria caurensis Steyerm. Fieldiana, Bot. 28: 1020 (1957).
Myrciaria divaricata (Benth.) O.Berg Linnaea 27: 334 (1856).
Myrciaria lanceolata O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 363 (1857).
Myrciaria lanceolata var. angustifolia O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 363 (1857).
Myrciaria lanceolata var. glomerata O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 363 (1857).
Myrciaria lanceolata var. laxa O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 363 (1857).
Myrciaria obscura O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 374 (1857).
Myrciaria paraensis O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 364 (1857).
Myrciaria phillyraeoides O.Berg Linnaea 27: 326 (1856).
Myrciaria riedeliana O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 598 (1859).
Myrciaria spruceana O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 365 (1857).
Myrtus phillyraeoides (O.Berg) Willd. ex O.Berg Linnaea 27: 326 (1856).
Psidium dubium Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 152 (1823).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Myrciaria dubia	Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009)
Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) McVaugh	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) Mcvaugh	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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