Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amphilophium crucigerum (L.) L.G.Lohmann [Bignoniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
all man	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
all man strength	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
bejuco perdiz	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
monkey comb	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 40 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pithecoctenium aubletii Splitg. in J.v.d.Hoeven & W.H.de Vriese (eds.), Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 9: 12 (1842).
Pithecoctenium crucigerum (L.) A.H.Gentry Taxon 24: 123 (1975).
Pithecoctenium echinatum (Jacq.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 10: 8 (1888).
Pithecoctenium hexagonum DC. Prodr. 9: 195 (1845).
Anisostichus crucigera (L.) Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1240 (1933).
Bignonia botryoides Cham. Linnaea 7: 100 (1832).
Bignonia catharinae DC. Prodr. 9: 172 (1845), pro syn.
Bignonia crucigera L. Sp. Pl. 2: 624 (1753).
Bignonia echinata Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 25 (1760).
Bignonia echinata Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 648 (1775), nom. illeg.
Bignonia hexagona DC. Prodr. 9: 173 (1845), pro syn.
Bignonia lundii DC. Prodr. 9: 173 (1845), pro syn.
Bignonia muricata DC. Prodr. 9: 173 (1845), pro syn.
Bignonia phaseoloides Cham. Linnaea 7: 698 (1833).
Bignonia squalus Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 290 (1825 publ. 1829).
Bignonia tiliifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 136 (1819).
Bignonia vitalba Cham. Linnaea 7: 699 (1833).
Bignonia vitalba var. aequinoctialis Cham. Linnaea 7: 699 (1833).
Bignonia vitalba var. extratropica Cham. Linnaea 7: 699 (1833).
Neves-armondia cordifolia (Mart.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 302 (1897), nom. illeg.
Petastoma phaseoloides (Cham.) Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 195 (1863).
Pithecoctenium botryoides (Cham.) DC. Prodr. 9: 195 (1845).
Pithecoctenium catharinae DC. Prodr. 9: 196 (1845).
Pithecoctenium cordifolium Mart. Flora 24(2 Beibl.): 48 (1841), not validly publ.
Pithecoctenium echinatum f. grandiflorum Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 56 (1910).
Pithecoctenium echinatum var. intermedium Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6(App. 1): 27. (1898).
Pithecoctenium echinatum var. tomentosum Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6(App. 1): 27 (1898).
Pithecoctenium echinatum var. typicum Sprague Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 83 (1905).
Pithecoctenium glaucum Rusby Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 354 (1927).
Pithecoctenium hexagonum var. brasilianum DC. Prodr. 9: 195 (1845).
Pithecoctenium lundii DC. Prodr. 9: 196 (1845).
Pithecoctenium muricatum Moc. ex DC. Prodr. 9: 194 (1845).
Pithecoctenium phaseoloides (Cham.) Schenck Bot. Mitt. Tropen 4: 193 (1892).
Pithecoctenium squalus (Vell.) DC. Prodr. 9: 194 (1845).
Pithecoctenium tribrachiatum Loes. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 209 (1919).
Pithecoctenium vitalba (Cham.) DC. Prodr. 9: 196 (1845).
Pithecoctenium vitalba var. extratropicum (Cham.) DC. Prodr. 9: 196 (1845).
Pithecoctenium vitalba f. glabratum Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 56 (1910).
Pithecoctenium vitalba f. intermedium Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 56 (1910).
Pithecoctenium vitalba var. rostratum Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 56 (1910), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amphilophium crucigerum (L.) L.G.Lohmann	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pithecoctenium aubletii	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pithecoctenium crucigerum Gentry	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pithecoctenium echinatum (Jacq.) Baill.	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
Pithecocterium hexagonum D.C.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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