The Healing Power of Rainforest Plants

The Tropical Plant Database


THE RAINFOREST MEDICINAL PLANTS
BY BOTANICAL PLANT NAME


Abrus precatorius
Achyrocline satureoides
Adenocalymma alliaceum
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Ageratum conyzoides
Alchornea castaneifolia
Alpinia speciosa
Alpinia zerumbet
Anacardium occidentale
Anacardium occidentale fruit
Andira inermis
Andropogon bicornis
Aniba canelilla, rosaeodora
Annas comosus
Annona glabra
Annona muricata
Araujia angustifolia
Aristolochia cymbifera
Artocarpus altilis
Arrabidaea chica
Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias speciosa
Aspidosperma excelsum
Averrhoa carambola
Avicennia nitida
Ayapana triplinervis
Baccharis genistelloides
Bactris sp
Bambusa vulgaris
Barbarea vulgaris
Bauhinia forticata
Bertholletia excelsa
Bidens alba
Bidens pilosa
Bignonia alliacea
Bignonia sp
Bixa orellana
Boerhaavia hirsuta
Bougainvillea spectabilis
Brosimopsis acutifolia
Brosimum acutifolium
Brugmansia sp
Brunfelsia uniflorus
Bursera microphylla
Bursera simaruba
Brysonima chrysophylla
Buddleja davidii
Bumelia salicifolia
Byrsonima crassifolia
Caesalpinia sp
Cajanus cajan
Calliandra angustifolia
Calycophyllum spruceanum
Campsiandra angustifolia
Campsiandra comosa
Campsiandra laurifolia
Carapa guianensis
Carica papaya
Caryocar brasiliensis
Casearia sylvestris
Cassia occidentalis
Cassia alata
Cassia fistula
Cayaponia ficifolia
Cecropia peltata, palmata
Cedrella odorata
Cephaelis ipecacuanha
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Chiococca alba
Chondrodendron tomentosum
Cinchona officinalis
Cissampelos pareira
Cissus rhombifolia
Clitoria macrophylla
Cocos nucifera
Coix lacryma jobi
Coleus forskohlii
Convolvulus arvensis
Copaifera officinalis
Cordia salicifolia
Cordia verbenacea
Coriandrum sativum
Couroupita guianensis
Croton lechleri
Croton eluteria
Curcuma longa
Cyclanthera pedata
Cymbopogon citratus
Cynara scolymus
Cyperus articulatus
Cyperus rotundus
Desmodium adscendens
Dipteryx odorata
Dorstenia brasiliensis
Dracontium loretense
Drimys winterii
Eclipta alba
Elaeis guineensis
Elephantopus elatus
Eleutherine bulbosa
Erythrina mulungu
Erythroxylum catuaba
Erythroxylum coca
Eugenia sp
Eupatorium ayapana
Eupatorium triplinerve
Euphorbia insulana
Euphorbia sp
Euterpe oleracea
Genipa americana
Gomphrena globosa
Gossypium sp
Guazuma ulmifolia
Haematoxylon campechianum
Hamelia patens
Heliconia sp
Hevea brasiliensis
Himatanthus succuba
Hibiscus sabdariffa
Hymenaea courbaril
Hyptis sp
Ilex paraguayiensis
Illicium sp
Ipomoea sp
Jacaranda sp
Jateorhiza palmata
Jatropha curcas
Jatropha macrantha
Justicia sp
Kalanchoe pinnata
Kalanchoe brasiliensis
Krameria triandra
Lantana camara
Lepidium meyenii
Ludwigia peruviana
Luehea seemanni
Malphigia glabra
Malva sp
Mangifera indica
Manilkara zapota
Mansoa alliacea
Marsdenia cundurango
Maytenus ilicifolia
Maytenus krukovii
Miconia sp
Mikania hirsutissima
Mikania cordifolia
Mikania guaco
Mimosa pudica
Minquartia guianensis
Mirabilis jalapa
Momordica charantia
Monstera deliciosa
Mucuna pruriens
Myrcia salicifolia
Myrciaria dubia
Myrica rubra
Myristica fragrans
Myroxylon pereirae
Myroxylon balsamum
Otholobium glandulosum
Nectandra rigida
Nymphaea sp
Orbignya speciosa
Passiflora incarnata (plant)
Passiflora incarnata (fruit)
Paullinia cupana
Petiveria alliacea
Peumus boldus
Pfaffia paniculata
Phyllanthus emblica
Phyllanthus niruri
Phyllanthus reticulatus
Physalis angulata
Phytolacca americana
Pilocarpus jaborandi
Piper aduncum
Piper angustifolium
Piper nigrum
Piptadenia sp
Piscidia piscipula
Plumeria sucuuba, floribunda
Plumeria sp
Polypodium lepidopteris
Pseudocalymma alliaceum
Psidium guajava
Psoralea glandulosa
Psychotria sp
Ptychopetalum olacoides
Quassia amara
Quillaja saponaria
Rauwolfia sp
Sesamum indicum
Schinus molle
Schkuhria pinnata
Scoparia dulcis
Sida cordifolia
Sida rhombifolia
Simarouba amara
Siparuna guianensis
Smallanthus sonchifolius
Smilax officinalis
Solanum paniculatum
Solanum sessiflorum
Spilantes acmella
Spondias mombin
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Stethoma pectoralis
Stevia rebaudiana
Strychnos sp
Stryphnodendron barbatimao
Styrax glabrescens
Syzygium jambos
Swartzia polyphylla
Swietenia mahagoni
Tabebuia impetiginosa
Tamarindus indica
Theobroma cacao
Theobroma grandiflorum
Turnera aphrodisiaca
Tynanthus panurensis
Uncaria gambir
Uncaria guianensis
Uncaria rhynchophylla
Uncaria tomentosa
Urtica dioica
Viola sp
Vinca minor
Xylopia brasiliensis
Zizyphus joazeiro
Zanthoxylum rhoifolium
Zingiber sp