Plant Details

Accepted name:: Croton cajucara Benth. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
sacaca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
sakaka	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Croton motilonorum Croizat Mem. Soc. Ci. Nat. La Salle 10: 126 (1950).
Croton seputubensis Hoehne Exped. Rosevelt-Rondon, Bot.: 53 (1914).
Oxydectes cajucara (Benth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 611 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Croton cajucara Benth.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Croton cajucara Benth.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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