Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hevea guianensis Aubl. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Hevea guianensis var. guianensis

Hevea guianensis var. marginata (Ducke) Ducke

Hevea guianensis var. lutea (Spruce ex Benth.) Ducke & R.E.Schult.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
shiringa	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
latex		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Caoutchoua guianensis (Aubl.) O.F.Cook J. Washington Acad. Sci. 31: 58 (1941).
Hevea guianensis subsp. typica Ducke Arq. Inst. Biol. Veg. 2: 223 (1935), not validly publ.
Hevea guianensis f. typica Ducke Bol. Técn. Inst. Agron. N. 10: 8 (1946), not validly publ.
Siphonia elastica Forsyth f. Bot. Nomencl.: 365 (1794), nom. superfl.
Siphonia guianensis (Aubl.) Juss. ex Baill. Étude Euphorb.: 326 (1858).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hevea guaianensis Aublet	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Hevea guianensis Aubl.	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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