Plant Details

Accepted name:: Couma macrocarpa Barb.Rodr. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
leche caspi (sorva)	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
pendare	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
perillo	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
	gum	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Couma capiron Pittier Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 5: 312 (1939).
Couma caurensis Pittier Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 5: 313 (1939).
Couma guatemalensis Standl. Trop. Woods 7: 8 (1926).
Couma sapida Pittier Bol. Ci. Técn. Mus. Comercial Venezuela 1: 69 (1925).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Couma macrocarpa B.Rodr.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Couma macrocarpa Barb.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Couma macrocarpa Barb. Rodr.	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Couma macrocarpa Barb.Rod.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)
Couma macrocarpa Barb.Rodr.	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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