Plant Details

Accepted name:: Attalea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) Wess.Boer [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
coco	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	fixed oil	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 52 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Attalea bassleriana (Burret) Zona Palms 46: 132 (2002).
Cocos butyracea Mutis ex L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 454 (1782).
Attalea blepharopus Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 116 (1844).
Attalea fairchildensis (Glassman) Zona Palms 46: 132 (2002).
Attalea humboldtiana Spruce J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 163 (1869).
Attalea kewensis (Hook.f.) Zona Palms 46: 133 (2002).
Attalea leandroana (Barb.Rodr.) Zona Palms 46: 133 (2002).
Attalea liebmannii (Becc.) Zona Palms 46: 133 (2002).
Attalea lundellii (Bartlett) Zona Palms 46: 133 (2002).
Attalea macrocarpa (H.Karst.) Wess.Boer Pittieria 17: 317 (1988).
Attalea macrolepis (Burret) Wess.Boer Pittieria 17: 311 (1988).
Attalea magdalenae Linden Ill. Hort. 28: 15 (1881).
Attalea magdalenica (Dugand) Zona Palms 46: 133 (2002).
Attalea maracaibensis Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 124 (1844).
Attalea osmantha (Barb.Rodr.) Wess.Boer Pittieria 17: 318 (1988).
Attalea peruviana Zona Palms 46: 133 (2002).
Attalea rostrata Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 50 (1859).
Attalea salazarii (Glassman) Zona Palms 46: 133 (2002).
Attalea wallisii Huber Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 6: 267 (1906).
Attalea wesselsboeri (Glassman) Zona Palms 46: 133 (2002).
Cocos regia Liebm. in C.F.P.von Martius, Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 323 (1853).
Scheelea bassleriana Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 655 (1929).
Scheelea blepharopus (Mart.) Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 541 (1929).
Scheelea brachyclada Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 680 (1929).
Scheelea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) H.Karst. ex H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 256 (1878).
Scheelea costaricensis Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 684 (1929).
Scheelea curvifrons L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 7: 443 (1947).
Scheelea dryanderae Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1049 (1934).
Scheelea excelsa H.Karst. Linnaea 28: 267 (1857).
Scheelea excelsa Barb.Rodr. Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 1: 30 (1891), nom. illeg.
Scheelea fairchildensis Glassman Illinois Biol. Monogr. 59: 163 (1999).
Scheelea humboldtiana (Spruce) Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 541 (1929).
Scheelea kewensis Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 123: t. 7552 (1897).
Scheelea leandroana Barb.Rodr. Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 1: 19 (1891).
Scheelea liebmannii Becc. Bibliot. Agr. Colon. Firenze 1916: 113 (1916).
Scheelea lundellii Bartlett Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 461: 46 (1935).
Scheelea macrocarpa H.Karst. Linnaea 28: 268 (1857).
Scheelea macrolepis Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 688 (1929).
Scheelea magdalenica Dugand Mutisia 26: 1 (1959).
Scheelea maracaibensis (Mart.) Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 541 (1929).
Scheelea osmantha Barb.Rodr. Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 4: 24 (1894).
Scheelea passargei Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 671 (1929).
Scheelea preussii Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 678 (1929).
Scheelea regia H.Karst. Linnaea 28: 266 (1857).
Scheelea rostrata (Oerst.) Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 541 (1929).
Scheelea salazarii Glassman Illinois Biol. Monogr. 59: 146 (1999).
Scheelea stenorhyncha Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 675 (1929).
Scheelea tessmannii Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 682 (1929).
Scheelea urbaniana Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 672 (1929).
Scheelea wallisii (Huber) Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 542 (1929).
Scheelea wesselsboeri Glassman Illinois Biol. Monogr. 59: 170 (1999).
Scheelea zonensis L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 3: 36 (1933).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Attalea bassleriana	SOTWP 2016: Palms of the World Online (2015)
Attalea bassleriana (Burret) Zona	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Attalea butyracea	SOTWP 2016: Palms of the World Online (2015)
Attalea butyracea (Mutis ex L.f.) Wess.Boer	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Coccus butyraceae L.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Cocos butyracea L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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