Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acanthophoenix rubra (Bory) H.Wendl. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
palmiste epineux	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
palmiste piquant	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
palmiste rouge	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
young leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Areca cincta Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 5: 808 (1860).
Areca herbstii W.Watson Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 426 (1884).
Areca rubra Bory Voy. îles Afrique 1: 306 (1804).
Calamus dealbatus W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 60: 123 (1871).
Calamus verschaffeltii H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 238 (1878), not validly publ.
Calamus verschaffeltii W.Bull ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 479 (1861).
Sublimia centennina Comm. ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 174 (1838), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acanthophoenix rubra (Bory) H. Wendl.	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Acanthophoenix rubra (Bory) H.Wendl.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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