Plant Details

Accepted name:: Caryocar brasiliense A.St.-Hil. [Caryocaraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Caryocar brasiliense subsp. brasiliense

Caryocar brasiliense subsp. intermedium (Wittm.) Prance & M.F.Silva

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
almendra de brasil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pequi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
piqui	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001)
piquiá	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
piquí	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, fruit		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Caryocar brasiliense A.St.-Hil.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Caryocar brasiliense Camb.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Caryocar brasiliense Cambess	Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001)
Caryocar brasiliense Cambess.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Caryocar brasiliensis Cambess.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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