Plant Details

Accepted name:: Attalea speciosa Mart. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
babassu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
babaçu	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fruit		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Attalea vitrivir Zona Palms 46: 133 (2002).
Orbignya martiana Barb.Rodr. Palm. Mattogross. Nov.: 68 (1898).
Orbignya oleifera Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14: 240 (1938).
Orbignya phalerata Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 126 (1844).
Orbignya speciosa (Mart.) Barb.Rodr. Sert. Palm. Brasil. 1: 60 (1903).
Attalea brejinhoensis (Glassman) Zona Palms 46: 132 (2002).
Attalea glassmanii Zona Palms 46: 132 (2002).
Attalea lydiae (Drude) Barb.Rodr. Sert. Palm. Brasil. 1: 65 (1903).
Heptantra phalerata (Mart.) O.F.Cook Natl. Hort. Mag. 18: 277 (1939).
Orbignya barbosiana Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 690 (1932).
Orbignya brejinhoensis Glassman Illinois Biol. Monogr. 59: 84 (1999).
Orbignya cuci Kunth ex H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 252 (1878), pro syn.
Orbignya huebneri Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 501 (1929).
Orbignya lydiae Drude in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 448 (1881).
Orbignya macropetala Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 507 (1929).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Attalea speciosa	SOTWP 2016: Palms of the World Online (2015)
Attalea speciosa Mart.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Attalea vitrivir Zona	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Orbignya phalerata Mart.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Orbignya speciosa	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Orbygnya martiana	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Orbygnya oleifera Burret	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Orbygnya speciosa	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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