Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chamaedorea tepejilote Liebm. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pacaya	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

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

Chamaedorea anomospadix Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 763 (1933).
Chamaedorea casperiana Klotzsch Allg. Gartenzeitung 20: 363 (1852).
Chamaedorea columbica Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 42 (1934).
Chamaedorea exorrhiza Dammer Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 38: 44 (1905).
Chamaedorea sphaerocarpa Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 762 (1933).
Chamaedorea wendlandiana (Oerst.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 407 (1885).
Edanthe veraepacis O.F.Cook Natl. Hort. Mag. 18: 172 (1939), not validly publ.
Nunnezharia casperiana (Klotzsch) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 730 (1891).
Nunnezharia tepejilote (Liebm.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 731 (1891).
Nunnezharia wendlandiana (Oerst.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 730 (1891).
Stephanostachys casperiana (Klotzsch) Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 27 (1859).
Stephanostachys tepejilote (Liebm.) Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 28 (1859).
Stephanostachys wendlandiana Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1858: 28 (1859).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chamaedorea tepejilote Liebm.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Chamaedorea tepejlote	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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