Plant Details

Accepted name:: Couroupita guianensis Aubl. [Lecythidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aya uma	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
cannon ball tree	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pokok peluru meriam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
weradi sal	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit pulp, fruit, flower, bark		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Couroupita surinamensis Mart. ex Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 476 (1858).
Couratari pedicellaris Rizzini Rodriguésia 28(41): 178 (1976).
Couroupita acreensis R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 219a: 46 (1939).
Couroupita antillana Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 191 (1874).
Couroupita froesii R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 341 (1934).
Couroupita guianensis var. surinamensis (Mart. ex Berg) Eyma Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 4: 58 (1932).
Couroupita idolica Dwyer Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52: 358 (1965).
Couroupita membranacea Miers Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 194 (1874).
Couroupita peruviana O.Berg Linnaea 31: 261 (1862).
Couroupita saintcroixiana R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 341 (1934).
Couroupita venezuelensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 341 (1934).
Lecythis bracteata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 1174 (1799).
Pekea couroupita Juss. ex DC. Prodr. 3: 294 (1828), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Couroupita guaianensis Aublet	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Couroupita guianensis Aubi.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Couroupita guianensis Aubl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Couroupita surinamensis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

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