Plant Details

Accepted name:: Plectrocarpa arborea (Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng [Zygophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bulnesia arborea (Jacq.) Engl. Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 35: 12 (1892).
Gonopterodendron arboreum (Jacq.) Godoy-Bürki Syst. Biodivers. 16: 462 (2018).
Guaiacum arboreum (Jacq.) DC. Prodr. 1: 707 (1824).
Zygophyllum arboreum Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 20 (1760).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bulnesia arborea (Jacq.) Engl.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Bulnesia arborea Engler	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Plectrocarpa arborea (Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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