Plant Details

Accepted name:: Renealmia alpinia (Rottb.) Maas [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cuite acu	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
gaan masusa	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
paco seroca	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
pacova	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
pacová	Other	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004)
procová	Other	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004)
wananya	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, fruits, leaves		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
seed	vegetal drug, essential oil, tincture	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Renealmia exaltata L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 7 (1782).
Alpinia bicalyculata Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. 1: 3 (1891).
Alpinia exaltata (L.f.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1: 21, 563 (1817).
Alpinia macrantha Poepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2: t. 134 (1837).
Alpinia pacoseroca Jacq. Fragm. Bot.: 54 (1806).
Alpinia renealmia (Lam.) Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 39(1): n.° 14 (1818), nom. illeg.
Alpinia tubulata Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 9: t. 777 (1824).
Amomum alpinia Rottb. Soc. Med. Havn. Collect. 2: 245 (1775).
Amomum renealmia Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 5 (1791), nom. illeg.
Amomum repens Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 5 (1791).
Catimbium exaltatum (L.f.) J.St.-Hil. Expos. Fam. Nat. 1: 155 (1805).
Ethanium bracteosum (Griseb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 690 (1891).
Ethanium exaltatum (L.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 690 (1891).
Ethanium macranthum (Poepp. & Endl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 690 (1891).
Ethanium pacoseroca (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 689 (1891).
Gethyra tubulata (Ker Gawl.) Sweet Hort. Brit.: 390 (1826), not validly publ.
Peperidium tubulatum Lindl. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 446 (1836), nom. nud.
Renealmia bracteosa Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 601 (1864).
Renealmia coelobractea K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 307 (1904).
Renealmia exaltata var. gracilis K.Schum. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 158 (1903).
Renealmia foliosa S.Moore Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 482 (1895).
Renealmia goyazensis K.Schum. & Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 49: 23 (1902).
Renealmia lativagina J.F.Macbr. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 50 (1931).
Renealmia macrantha (Poepp. & Endl.) Poepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 2: 25 (1838).
Renealmia occidentalis var. pacoderoca (Jacq.) Petersen in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 45 (1890).
Renealmia pacoseroca (Jacq.) Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 32 (1862).
Renealmia raja Petersen in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 45 (1890).
Renealmia rubroflava K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 46: 297 (1904).
Siphotria squamosa Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 50 (1838), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Renealmia alpinia (Rottb.) Maas	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Renealmia alpinia (Rottb.)Maas	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Renealmia exaltata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Renealmia exaltata L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Renealmia exaltata L. f.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Renealmia exaltata L.f.	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Renealmia exaltata Linn.f.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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