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Taxon:  Crateva magna (Lour.) DC.



Summary
Genus:
Crateva
Family:
Capparaceae
Nomen number:
459361
Place of publication:
Prodr. 1:243. 1824
Verified:
06/10/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Capparis magna Lour.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Crateva nurvala Buch.-Ham.
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Reference(s)
  1. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  2. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. Flora of India. 1993-
  3. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970-
  4. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1976. Flora malesiana. 1948- ser. 1, 7:822.
  5. Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(2):190.
  6. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  7. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
English
three-leaf-caper –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaKalimantan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2Cultivated     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Xizang, Yunnan]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra], Malaysia
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Valkenburg, J. L. C. H. van & N. Bunyapraphatsara, eds. 2001. Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(2):190.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=459361. Accessed 3 August 2025.


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