Plant Details

Accepted name:: Heliconia psittacorum L.f. [Heliconiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bananeirinha do mato	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
lírio	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
pacova-catinga	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:
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bihai cannoidea (A.Rich.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 684 (1891).
Bihai humilis (Aubl.) Griggs Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 445 (1904).
Bihai psittacorum (L.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 684 (1891).
Bihai sylvestris Gleason Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 52: 192 (1925).
Heliconia andrewsii Klotzsch Linnaea 20: 465 (1847).
Heliconia bahiensis Barreiros Rodriguésia 20: 226 (1978).
Heliconia ballia Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 107 (1792).
Heliconia brasiliensis var. concolor Petersen in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 21 (1890).
Heliconia cannoidea A.Rich. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 15(Suppl.): 24 (1831).
Heliconia goiasensis Barreiros Rodriguésia 28: 131 (1976).
Heliconia hirsuta var. cannoidea (A.Rich.) Baker Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 197 (1893).
Heliconia humilis (Aubl.) Jacq. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 23 (1797).
Heliconia marantifolia G.Shaw in J.F.Miller, Cimelia Phys.: 74 (1796).
Heliconia psittacorum var. rhizomatosa Aristeg. Gen. Heliconia Venez.: 16a (1961).
Heliconia psittacorum var. robusta Eichler ex Petersen in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 22 (1890).
Heliconia psittacorum var. spathacea Eichler ex Petersen in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 22 (1890).
Heliconia schomburgkiana Klotzsch Linnaea 20: 464 (1847).
Heliconia swartziana Roem. & Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 591 (1819).
Heliconia sylvestris (Gleason) L.B.Sm. Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 6 (1939).
Musa humilis Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 931 (1775), nom. rej.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Heliconia psittacorum L.F.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Heliconia psittacorum L.f.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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