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Table 4 Differences in vernacular names found in the current study and in Van den Berg [1]

From: What’s in a name? Revisiting medicinal and religious plants at an Amazonian market

Species

Current vernacular names

Vernacular names reported by Van den Berg [1]

Cissus verticillata

Cipó de Puca, Insulina, Quebra barreira

Pucá

Fridericia cf. chica

Pariri

Pariri; Crajirú

Petiveria alliacea

Mucuraca-á; Rinchão

Mucura-caá; Guiné

Piper callosum

Elixir paregórico

Elixir paregórico; Óleo elétrico

Bryophyllum pinnatum

Pirarucu

Pirarucu; Folha-da-fortuna