Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex R.Keith [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
coco	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cocotero	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
grurgu palm	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
macaíba	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
macaúba	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
mbocayá o nuez del paraguay	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Fruit oil, Root, infusion, Seed oil, Seeds, Stem, Young plant		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 45 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acrocomia belizensis L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 4: 445 (1941).
Acrocomia mexicana Karw. ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 285 (1845).
Acrocomia panamensis L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 4: 444 (1941).
Acrocomia sclerocarpa Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 2: 66 (1824), nom. superfl.
Acrocomia vinifera Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 47 (1859).
Acrocomia antiguana L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 8: 142 (1949).
Acrocomia antioquiensis Posada-Ar. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 25: 184 (1878).
Acrocomia christopherensis L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 8: 140 (1949).
Acrocomia chunta Covas & Ragonese Revista Argent. Agron. 8: 2 (1941).
Acrocomia cubensis Lodd. ex H.Wendl. Index Palm.: 1 (1854), nom. nud.
Acrocomia erioacantha Barb.Rodr. Contr. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: 85 (1902).
Acrocomia fusiformis (Sw.) Sweet Hort. Brit.: 432 (1826).
Acrocomia glaucophylla Drude in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 392 (1881).
Acrocomia globosa (Gaertn.) Lodd. ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 286 (1845).
Acrocomia grenadana L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 8: 144 (1949).
Acrocomia guianensis Lodd. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 382 (1830).
Acrocomia horrida Lodd. ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 286 (1845).
Acrocomia hospes L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 4: 449 (1941).
Acrocomia ierensis L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 4: 473 (1941).
Acrocomia karukerana L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 4: 466 (1941).
Acrocomia lasiospatha Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 81 (1844).
Acrocomia media O.F.Cook Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 566 (1901).
Acrocomia microcarpa Barb.Rodr. Vellosia, ed. 2, 1: 107 (1891).
Acrocomia minor Lodd. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 382 (1830).
Acrocomia mokayayba Barb.Rodr. Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 5: 11 (1896).
Acrocomia odorata Barb.Rodr. Palm. Mattogross. Nov.: 48 (1898).
Acrocomia pilosa León Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. ''Felipe Poey'' 14: 52 (1940).
Acrocomia quisqueyana L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 4: 471 (1941).
Acrocomia sclerocarpa var. wallaceana Drude in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 391 (1881).
Acrocomia sphaerocarpa Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 30 (1829).
Acrocomia spinosa (Mill.) H.E.Moore Gentes Herbarum 9: 238 (1963).
Acrocomia subinermis León ex L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 4: 474 (1941).
Acrocomia tenuifrons Lodd. ex Mart. Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 286 (1845).
Acrocomia ulei Dammer Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 266 (1915).
Acrocomia viegasii L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 8: 139 (1949).
Acrocomia wallaceana (Drude) Becc. Pomona Coll. J. Econ. Bot. 2: 362 (1912).
Acrocomia zapotecis Karw. ex H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 230 (1878), pro syn.
Astrocaryum sclerocarpum H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 232 (1878), pro syn.
Bactris globosa Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 22 (1788).
Bactris minor Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 9 (1788), nom. illeg.
Bactris pavoniana Mart. in A.D.d'Orbigny, Voy. Amér. Mér. 7(3): 70 (1844).
Cocos aculeata Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 278 (1763).
Cocos fusiformis Sw. Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 616 (1797).
Palma mocaia Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 976 (1775).
Palma spinosa Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. Ex Mart.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex R.Keith	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Acrocomia beliziensis	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acrocomia mexicana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acrocomia panamensis	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acrocomia sclerocarpa	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acrocomia vinifera	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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