Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alchornea castaneifolia (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) A.Juss. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alchornea castaneifolia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
aliso branco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hiporuro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hiporuro macho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
iporuru	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ipururo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
jarito	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jarizo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lagarto sacha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ocalatillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oeirana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
orana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sará	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yaco-chichua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alchornea castaneifolia var. genuina Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 912 (1866), not validly publ.
Alchornea castaneifolia var. puberula Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(2): 283 (1873).
Alchornea castaneifolia var. salicifolia (Baill.) Baill. Adansonia 5: 238 (1865).
Alchornea passargei Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 237 (1914).
Hermesia castaneifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 809 (1806).
Hermesia salicifolia Baill. Étude Euphorb.: 447 (1858).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alchornea castaneifolia (Humb. & Bonpl. Ex Willd.) A. Juss.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Alchornea castaneifolia (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) A. Juss.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Alchornea castaneifolia (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) A.Juss.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Alchornea castaneifolia (Willd.) Juss.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Alchornea castaneifolia Jussieu	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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