Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng. [Bixaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
algodão-bravo	Other	Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
chuum	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
comasuche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
huevos del burro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
madera de pasta	Other	Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
pongolote	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
pumpumjuche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pumpunjuche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
puts cuy	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
rosa amarilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tecomasuche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tecomasúchil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016)
shell (casca)		Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)

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

Cochlospermum hibiscoides Kunth Syn. Pl. Aequin. 3: 214 (1824).
Cochlospermum serratifolium DC. Prodr. 1: 537 (1824).
Maximilianea vitifolia (Willd.) Krug & Urb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 293 (1892).
Bombax hibiscifolium Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 215 (1840).
Cochlospermum codinae Eichler in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 431 (1871).
Cochlospermum hibiscoides var. dasycarpum Triana & Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 17: 92 (1862).
Cochlospermum hibiscoides var. gymnocarpum Triana & Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 17: 92 (1862).
Cochlospermum luetzeiburgii Pilg. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 716 (1924).
Cochlospermum triphyllum (S.F.Blake) Pittier Man. Pl. Usual. Venez.: 141 (1926).
Maximilianea codinae (Eichler) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891).
Maximilianea hibiscodes (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891).
Maximilianea triphylla S.F.Blake J. Washington Acad. Sci. 11: 131 (1921).
Wittelsbachia vitifolia (Willd.) Mart. & Zucc. in C.F.P.von Martius, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 1: 82 (1826).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cochlospermum hibiscoides	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cochlospermum hibiscoides Kunth	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cochlospermum serratifolium DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cochlospermum vitifolium	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng.	Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Manual de Propagación de Pl. Med. (Durán García et al., 2016) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.)Sprengel	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cochlosperum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng.	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
Maximiliana vitifolia	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Maximilianea vitifolia (Willd.)Krug & Urb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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