Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lecythis pisonis Cambess. [Lecythidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cumbuca-de-macaco	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
sapucaia	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lecythis paraënsis Huber ex Ducke Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 4: 151 (1930).
Couroupita crenulata Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 195 (1874).
Couroupita lentula Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 134 (1874).
Lecythis amapaensis Ledoux Rev. Int. Prod. Trop. Matér. Trop. 36(382-383): 147 (1961).
Lecythis amazonum Mart. ex O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 484 (1858).
Lecythis densa Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 211 (1874).
Lecythis hoppiana R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219a: 63 (1939).
Lecythis ollaria Spruce Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 74 (1850), nom. illeg.
Lecythis ollaria Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 222 (1829), nom. illeg.
Lecythis pilaris Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 223 (1874).
Lecythis pisonis subsp. usitata (Miers) S.A.Mori & Prance Brittonia 33: 80 (1981).
Lecythis setifera Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 227 (1874).
Lecythis sphaeroides Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 212 (1874).
Lecythis urnigera Mart. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 483 (1858).
Lecythis usitata Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 208 (1874).
Lecythis usitata var. paraensis (Huber ex Ducke) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219a: 63 (1939).
Lecythis usitata var. tenuifolia R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219a: 65 (1939).
Lecythis velloziana Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 203 (1874).
Pachylecythis egleri Ledoux Lecointea 2: 2 (1964).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lecythis paraensis Ducke.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lecythis pisonis Camb.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Lecythis pisonis Cambess	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Lecythis pisonis Cambess.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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