Plant Details

Accepted name:: Randia aculeata L. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Randia aculeata var. aculeata

Randia aculeata var. dasyphylla Steyerm.

Randia aculeata var. jamaicensis (Spreng.) C.D.Adams

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agalla de costa	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 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gardenia aculeata (L.) Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 295 (1789).
Gardenia randia Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 52 (1788).
Genipa aculeata (L.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 288 (1894).
Solena randia (Sw.) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 799 (1839).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Randia aculeata	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Randia aculeata L.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Randia aculeata Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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