Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav. [Cyclanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carludovica gigantea Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 737 (1891).
Carludovica humilis (Wawra & Bermann) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 738 (1891), nom. illeg.
Carludovica incisa H.Wendl. Index Palm.: 67 (1854).
Carludovica incisa var. wendlandii Wawra & Bermann Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 10: 19 (1885).
Carludovica jamaicensis Lodd. ex Fawcett & Harris Bull. Bot. Dept., Jamaica, n.s., 9: 145 (1902).
Carludovica palmata var. humilis Wawra & Bermann Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 10: 16 (1885).
Carludovica serrata Wawra & Bermann Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 10: 76 (1885).
Ludovia palmata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 576 (1807).
Salmia incisa (H.Wendl.) Bosse Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 3, 3: 375 (1861).
Salmia jamaicensis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 501 (1841), nom. nud.
Salmia palmata (Ruiz & Pav.) Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 401 (1811).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carludovica palmata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Carludovica palmata Ruiz & Pav.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Carludovica palmata Ruiz et Pavon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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