Hybanthus albus

(A.St.-Hil.) Baill.

Violaceae

+ Synonyms

Calceolaria brasiliensis Britton

Hybanthus tarapotinus Ule

Ionidium album A.St.-Hil.

Ionidium nanum A.St.-Hil.

Common Name:

Drawing of the flowering stem (Fig B only)
Photograph by: Saint-Hilaire, A.F.C.P. de, Histoire des plantes les plus remarquables du Brésil, t. 27, fig. B (1824)

General Information

Hybanthus albus is a shrub.
The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

434

Title: Flora of Peru
Publication
Author: Macbride. J.F.
Publisher: Field Museum of Natural History
Year: 1936
ISBN
Description: An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.

Range

S. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Peru.

Habitat

Not known

Properties

Medicinal Rating
Habit	Shrub
Height	0.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

The plant is emetic and purgative[

Title: Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
Author: Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher: Weinheim
Year: 1959
ISBN: -
Description: An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -

Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2024-11-22. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Hybanthus+albus>

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