Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose [Cactaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
a-a	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
a-ag	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
giant cactus	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ha'rsany	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ha'san na'vai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
haren	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
harsee	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hoshan	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kaitj	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
monarch of the desert	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
na'vait	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nol-bia-ga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pitahaya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
saguaro	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sahuara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sahuaro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sawado	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sistor	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
suguaro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
suwarro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sítoli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tiswin	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tjúni	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

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

Cereus giganteus Engelm. Amer. J. Bot., ser. 2, 14: 335 (1852).
Carnegiea gigantea f. aberrans P.V.Heath Calyx 2: 108 (1992).
Carnegiea gigantea f. cristata P.V.Heath Calyx 2: 108 (1992).
Cereus giganteus Engelm. in W.H.Emory, Not. Milit. Reconn.: 158 (1848), nom. provis.
Pilocereus giganteus (Engelm.) Lem. ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler Handb. Cakteenk., ed. 2: 662 (1885).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.)Britton & Rose	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelmann) Britton & Rose	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cereus giganteus Engelm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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