Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euphorbia antisyphilitica Zucc. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
candelilla	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
candelilla wax	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf	purified wax obtained from the leaves	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
leaves		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
leaves		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
leaf	wax	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
leaf	wax	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
leaf	purified wax obtained from the leaves	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

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

Euphorbia antisyphilitica var. typica Miranda Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 14: 31 (1943), not validly publ.
Euphorbia cerifera Alcocer Anales Inst. Méd.-Nac. México 11: 155 (1911).
Euphorbia occulta Klotzsch in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 277 (1856).
Tirucalia antisyphilitica (Zucc.) P.V.Heath Calyx 5: 87 (1996).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Euphorbia antisyphilitica	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Euphorbia antisyphilitica Zucc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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