Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eugenia pitanga (O.Berg) Nied. [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pitanga	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010)
pitangueira	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eugenia camporum Morong Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 106 (1893).
Eugenia dolichophylla Kiaersk. Enum. Myrt. Bras.: 157 (1893).
Eugenia montigena Barb.Rodr. Myrt. Paraguay: 5 (1903).
Eugenia pitanga var. camporum (Morong) Mattos Loefgrenia 76: 2 (1981).
Eugenia pitanga var. venosa Mattos Loefgrenia 61: 2 (1974).
Luma pitanga (O.Berg) Herter Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 219 (1943).
Myrtus pitanga (O.Berg) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 92 (1898).
Myrtus pitanga var. angustifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 92 (1898).
Myrtus pitanga f. fasciculata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 92 (1898).
Myrtus pitanga f. subsolitaria Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 92 (1898).
Stenocalyx pitanga O.Berg in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(1): 341 (1857).
Stenocalyx pitanga var. nana Mattos Reunión (Anual) Soc. Bot. Bras. 5: 100 (1957).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eugenia pitanga (O. Berg) Kiaersk.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Uso de Pl. Med. em Minas Gerais (Brandão et al., 2010)
Eugenia pitanga (O.Berg) Nied.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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