Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ptychopetalum olacoides Benth. [Olacaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
marapuama	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
muira puama	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
muira-puama	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
muirapuama	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
potency wood	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
potenzholz	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
ptychopetali lignum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
wood		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	tincture, dry extract, fluid extract, vegetal drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acanthea virilis Rebourgeon Le Moyrapuama: 1 (1895).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acanthea virilis Pharm. ex Wehmer	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Acanthea virilis Rebourgeon	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Ptychopetalum olacoides	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Ptychopetalum olacoides Benth.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ptychopetalum olacoides Bentham	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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