Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bactris gasipaes Kunth [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Bactris gasipaes var. chichagui (H.Karst.) A.J.Hend.

Bactris gasipaes var. gasipaes

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chonta	Other	Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
peach palm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pejibáyu	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
persikopalm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pupunha	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
uwi	Other	Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, Leaf		Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
fruit		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Guilielma gasipaes (Kunth) L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 2: 187 (1930).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bactris gasipaes	SOTWP 2016: Palms of the World Online (2015)
Bactris gasipaes Kunth	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Bactris gasipaes Kunth, nom. cons.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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