Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hancornia speciosa Gomes [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mangaba	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
mangabeira	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
latex, stem bark, fruit		Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
latex, stem bark		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
latex, stem-bark		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Echites glaucus Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 796 (1819).
Hancornia gardneri (A.DC.) Miers Apocyn. S. Amer.: 12 (1878).
Hancornia pubescens Nees & Mart. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 11: 86 (1823).
Willughbeia pubescens (Nees & Mart.) Mart. Reise Bras. 2: 789 (1828).
Hancornia pubescens var. gardneri A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 325 (1844).
Hancornia pubescens f. glabrata Markgr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 18 (1924).
Hancornia speciosa var. cuyabensis Malme Ark. Bot. 21A(6): 6 (1927).
Hancornia speciosa var. gardneri (A.DC.) Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 25 (1860).
Hancornia speciosa f. glabrata Markgr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 18 (1924).
Hancornia speciosa var. lundii A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 325 (1844).
Hancornia speciosa var. maximiliani A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 325 (1844).
Hancornia speciosa var. minor Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 24 (1860).
Hancornia speciosa var. pubescens (Nees & Mart.) Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 25 (1860).
Hancornia speciosa var. stenophylla Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 25 (1860).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Echites glaucus Roem. & Schult.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Hancornia gardneri (A.DC.)Miers	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Hancornia pubescens Nees & Mart.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Hancornia speciosa Gomes	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. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hancornia speciosa Gomes.	Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
Willughbeia pubescens (Nees & Mart.)Mart.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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