Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bactris guineensis (L.) H.E.Moore [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bactris minor Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist., ed. 2: 134 (1781).
Bactris horrida Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 41 (1859).
Bactris oraria L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 6: 232 (1943).
Bactris piritu (H.Karst.) H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 234 (1878).
Bactris rotunda Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 394 (1812), nom. illeg.
Cocos acicularis Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 58 (1788).
Cocos guineensis L. Mant. Pl. 1: 137 (1767).
Guilielma piritu H.Karst. Linnaea 28: 397 (1857).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bactris guineensis (L.) H.E.Moore	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Bactris minor Jaquin	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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