Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bromelia karatas L. [Bromeliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
banana-de-raposa	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
caroá	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
ch´oom	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
piñuela	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
center of the plant (heart)		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
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 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bromelia plumieri (É.Morren) L.B.Sm. Phytologia 15: 173 (1967).
Karatas plumieri É.Morren Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 22: 131 (1872).
Bromelia acanga L. Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 232 (1767), nom. superfl.
Bromelia acaulis Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 204 (1812).
Bromelia caratas Hill Veg. Syst., ed. 7: 19 (1764).
Bromelia nudicaulis var. caraguata Lam. Encycl. 1: 146 (1783).
Karatas karatas (L.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 962 (1895), not validly publ.
Karatas lagopus É.Morren ex Devans. Ann. Gén. Hort. 22: 233 (1877).
Nidularium karatas (L.) Lem. ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 591 (1864).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bromelia karatas	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bromelia karatas L.	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Bromelia plumieri (E. Morren) L.B. Sm.	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Bromelia plumieri (E.Morren) L.B.Sm.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Karatas plumieri Morren	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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