Plant Details

Accepted name:: Handroanthus heptaphyllus (Vell.) Mattos [Bignoniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ipê-roxo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001)
lapacho	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
lapacho crespo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
lapacho morado	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
lapacho negro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark + leaf, Dried bark, Flowers, Wood		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Tabebuia heptaphylla (Vell.) Toledo Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., 3: 33 (1952).
Tabebuia ipe (Mart. ex K.Schum.) Standl. Trop. Woods 36: 20 (1933).
Bignonia heptaphylla Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 251 (1825 publ. 1829).
Handroanthus avellanedae var. paullensis (Toledo) Mattos Loefgrenia 76: 3 (1970).
Handroanthus eximius (Miq.) Mattos Loefgrenia 50: 2 (1970).
Handroanthus impetiginosus var. lepidotus (Bureau) Mattos Loefgrenia 50: 2 (1970).
Tabebuia avellanedae var. paulensis Toledo Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., 3: 33 (1952).
Tabebuia eximia (Miq.) Sandwith Lloydia 2: 213 (1939).
Tabebuia impetiginosa var. lepidota (Bureau) Toledo Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., 3: 35 (1952).
Tecoma curialis Saldanha Config. & Descr. Madeir. Rio de Janeiro 51: 130 (1865).
Tecoma eximia Miq. Linnaea 22: 803 (1849).
Tecoma impetiginosa var. lepidota Bureau Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1893: 114 (1894).
Tecoma ipe Mart. ex K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 238 (1894).
Tecoma ipe var. desinens Sprague Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 86 (1905).
Tecoma ipe f. glabra Sprague Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 86 (1905).
Tecoma ipe f. grandiflora Sprague Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 86 (1905).
Tecoma ipe f. lepidota Sprague Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 86 (1905).
Tecoma ipe f. parviflora Sprague Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 86 (1905).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Handroanthus heptaphyllus (Vell.) Mattos	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Tabebuia heptaphylla (Vell) Toledo	Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001)
Tabebuia heptaphylla (Vell.) Toledo	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Tabebuia heptaphylla (Velloso) Tulasne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Tabebuia heptophylla	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Tabebuia ipe (Mart.) Standl.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Tabebuia ipe Standley	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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