Plant Details

Accepted name:: Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
frutos de pingiiica	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
hojas de pingiuica	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
mexican manzanita	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pingiuica	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
pinguica	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pingüica	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
point manzanita	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
point- manzanita	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
point-leaf manzanita	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
pointleaf manzanita	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
fruits, leaves		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arbutus madrono Humb. ex Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 282 (1819).
Arbutus myrtifolia Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 120 (1840).
Arbutus nuda Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 119 (1840).
Arbutus rigida Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 120 (1840), not validly publ.
Arbutus tomentosa var. nuda Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 37 (1834).
Arctostaphylos benitoensis Roof Four Seasons 5(4): 5 (1978).
Arctostaphylos chaloneorum Roof Four Seasons 5(4): 3 (1978).
Arctostaphylos glauca S.Watson Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 210 (1871).
Arctostaphylos pseudopungens Roof Four Seasons 5(4): 9 (1978).
Arctostaphylos pungens subsp. chaloneorum (Roof) Roof Changing Seasons 1(1): 20 (1979).
Arctostaphylos pungens f. glaucifolia Wawra Itin. Princ. S. Coburgi 1: 72 (1883).
Arctostaphylos pungens var. mexicana W.Knight Four Seasons 7(1): 18 (1984).
Arctostaphylos tomentosa var. nuda (Hook.) Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1791 (1836).
Daphnidostaphylis pungens (Kunth) Klotzsch Linnaea 24: 80 (1851).
Uva-ursi pungens (Kunth) Abrams Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 432 (1910).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arctostaphylos pungens H.B.K.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Arctostaphylos pungens HBK	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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