Taxon: Paullinia cupana Kunth

See also subordinate taxa:

• Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis (no accessions)

Common names:

• Guarana   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• guaraná   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• cupana   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• guaraná   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• guaraná   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – Spanish   [Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis]
  
• guarana   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (seed paste used in soft drinks, candy, & to flavor liquers fide Food Feed Crops US; Pl Res SEAs 16:100. 2000)
  
• Human food: beverage base   (seeds are made into a paste before use fide Ency CNatIn; Pl Res SEAs 16:100. 2000)
  
• Materials: curiosity item   (handicraft objects, often in the shape of animals fide Pl Res SEAs 16:100. 2000)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Social: stimulant   (fide Pl Res SEAs 16:99. 2000)
  

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Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Peru - Loreto

References:

• Arkcoll, D. B. & C. R. Clemenet in G. E. Wicken et al. 1989. Potential new food crops from the Amazon. In: Wickens, G. E. et al., eds., New crops for food and industry. (New Crops Food Ind) 162.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts. CRC Press. (Handb Nuts)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. (Cornucopia)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. (Ency CNatIn)
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense. (F SCatarin) [cultivated].
• Vossen, H. A. M. van der & M. Wessel, eds. 2000. Stimulants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 16:99.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Paullinia cupana.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Paullinia cupana. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• Paullinia sorbilis Mart. [≡ Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis]
  

Check other databases for Paullinia cupana Kunth:

• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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