Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acacia koa A.Gray [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
koa	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acacia coa Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 4: 626 (1858), orth. var.
Acacia heterophylla Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 81 (1832), nom. illeg.
Acacia heterophylla var. latifolia Benth. London J. Bot. 1: 369 (1842).
Acacia kauaiensis Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 113 (1888).
Acacia koa var. hawaiiensis Rock Bot. Bull. Board. Agric. Forest. Hawaii 5: 23 (1919).
Acacia koa var. lanaiensis Rock Bot. Bull. Board. Agric. Forest. Hawaii 5: 21 (1919).
Acacia koa var. latifolia (Benth.) H.St.John Pacific Sci. 33: 363 (1980).
Acacia koa var. waianaeensis H.St.John Pacific Sci. 33: 363 (1979 publ. 1980).
Acacia koa var. weimeae Hochr. Candollea 2: 377 (1925).
Acacia koaia Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 113 (1888).
Racosperma kauaiense (Hillebr.) Pedley Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 92: 248 (1986).
Racosperma koa (A.Gray) Pedley Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 92: 248 (1986).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acacia koa A. Gray	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Acacia koa A.Gray	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Acacia koa Gray	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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