Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
curamagãœey	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 44 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Urechites luteus (L.) Britton Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 5: 316 (1907).
Urechites suberectus (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 30: 444 (1860).
Angadenia jamaicensis (Griseb.) Lippold Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 32: 881 (1983).
Apocynum speciosissimum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
Asketanthera obtusifolia Alain Phytologia 25: 271 (1973).
Chariomma domingensis (Jacq.) Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 112 (1878).
Chariomma flava (Hook.) Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 113 (1878).
Chariomma mucronulata Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 112 (1878).
Chariomma scandens Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 114 (1878).
Chariomma surrecta Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 111 (1878).
Chariomma verticillata Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 113 (1878).
Dipladenia flava Hook. Bot. Mag. 79: t. 4702 (1853).
Echites andrewsii Chapm. Fl. South. U.S.: 359 (1860).
Echites barbatus Desv. in W.Hamilton, Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 30 (1825).
Echites catesbaei G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 74 (1837).
Echites christophorianus Ham. Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 31 (1825).
Echites domingensis Jacq. Collectanea 1: 73 (1787).
Echites heterophyllus J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 437 (1791).
Echites jamaicensis Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 416 (1862).
Echites neriandrus Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 415 (1862).
Echites obovatus Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic.: 43 (1893).
Echites pellieri Loudon Encycl. Pl.: 1541 (1829).
Echites suberectus Andrews Bot. Repos. 3: t. 187 (1801), nom. illeg.
Echites suberectus Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 13 (1760).
Gonolobus luteus (L.) Druce Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 418 (1913 publ. 1914).
Haemadictyon suberectum (Jacq.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 83 (1837).
Laseguea jaegeri Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 254 (1878).
Laseguea pubiflora Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 253 (1878).
Mitozus jamaicensis (Griseb.) Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 225 (1878).
Neriandra suberecta (Jacq.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 422 (1844).
Pentalinon luteum var. sericeum (R.W.Long) D.B.Ward Novon 11: 361 (2001).
Pentalinon suberectum (Jacq.) Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 523 (1845).
Rhabdadenia barbata (Desv.) Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 123 (1878).
Rhabdadenia laxiflora Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 120 (1878).
Urechites andrewsii (Chapm.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 936 (1903).
Urechites angustifolius (Ekman & Helwig) Lippold Wiss. Z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 32: 881 (1983).
Urechites dolichanthus Urb. Symb. Antill. 6: 38 (1909).
Urechites jaegeri Müll.Arg. Linnaea 30: 443 (1860).
Urechites jamaicensis (Griseb.) Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 112 (1878).
Urechites luteus var. angustifolius Ekman & Helwig Ark. Bot. 22A(10): 46 (1929).
Urechites luteus var. srericeus R.W.Long Rhodora 72: 31 (1970).
Urechites neriandrus (Griseb.) Rolfe Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1893: 262 (1893).
Urechites pinetorum Small Addisonia 4: 21 (1919).
Vinca lutea L. Cent. Pl. II: 12 (1756).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Urechites suberecta (Jacq.) Mull.Arg.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Urechites suberecta Mueller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Urechites subrecta	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Uretiches lutea (L.)Britton	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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