Plant Details

Accepted name:: Xanthosoma mexicanum Liebm. [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
wild coco	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Caladium holtonianum (Schott) N.E.Br. Bot. Mag. 137: t. 8402 (1911).
Caladium pilosum (K.Koch & Augustin) N.E.Br. Bot. Mag. 137: t. 8402 (1911).
Caladium puberulum Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 136 (1905).
Xanthosoma croatanum L.D.Gómez & Gómez-Laur. Phytologia 52: 227 (1982).
Xanthosoma holtonianum Schott Oesterr. Bot. Z. 19: 39 (1859).
Xanthosoma kerberi Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 138 (1905).
Xanthosoma pilosum K.Koch & Augustin Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 2 (1855).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Xanthosoma mexicanum Liebm.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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