Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euterpe edulis Mart. [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
assai palm	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jicara	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

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

Euterpe edulis var. clausa Mattos Loefgrenia 71: 1 (1977).
Euterpe egusquizae Bertoni ex Hauman Physis (Buenos Aires) 4: 606 (1919), nom. nud.
Euterpe espiritosantensis H.Q.B.Fern. Acta Bot. Brasil. 3(2): 43 (1989 publ. 1990).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Euterpe edulis Mart.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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