Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aattunilampadarthipatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alfavaca-brava	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
alfazema-de-caboclo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
ali thala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
american mint	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bamburral	Other	Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
ban bawari	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bawari	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
betônica-brava	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bhaise selang	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bhantala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhunsari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bhustrna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
biparthu	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
bush tea	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bush tea bush	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
bī sǐ shé	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chan	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chat	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
chinese mint	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chía cimarrona	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
danthi thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doraa	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
ekstrak kental daun gringsingan	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
ganga basil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganga thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gangaa tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ganja tulsi	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
gros baume	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
hierba de las muelas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hierba del dolor	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
horeground	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
horehound	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hortelã-do-campo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hyptidis suaveolensis folii extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
hyptis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hyptis à odeur	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jiǎ huò xiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
karidumbimele	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ketumbeh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ketumbit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
koueflou	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
kweflu	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
lerkuing	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
malbar hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mint weed	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mintbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mintweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
máo lǎo hǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
namse jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
narutami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
picnut	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
pignut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pohok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pohok hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pohok-pohok hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pokok kemangi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pyasukosuko	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
ruku-ruku	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seema thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
selaseh hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
selasih hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sepulut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shanxiang	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
shé bǎi zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān báo hé	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān xiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
silam	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
silame	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
simthi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sirna tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thulo mirre	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tokma	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
tukma	Other	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
tumbaaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vento-virado-de-bucho	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
vilaayati tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vilaayithi thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilaiti-tulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilayati tulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
west indian spikenard	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
wild basil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wild spikenard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
假在香	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
假藿香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
假走馬風	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
山粉圓	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
山薄荷	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山香	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
毛老虎	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
狗母蘇	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
臭狗蘇	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
蛇百子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
逼死蛇	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鐵木棍	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Leaves, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
stem leaf		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant	dry whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
plant, leaves, flower, root	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves		Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
leaves		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
flower, flower, seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
flower, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 472 (1806).
Ballota suaveolens L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1100 (1759).
Bystropogon graveolens Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 824 (1826).
Bystropogon suaveolens (L.) L'Hér. Sert. Angl.: 19 (1789).
Gnoteris cordata Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 76 (1838), nom. superfl.
Gnoteris villosa Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 76 (1838).
Hyptis congesta Leonard J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 70 (1927).
Hyptis ebracteata R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 3: 391 (1811), nom. illeg.
Hyptis graveolens (Blume) Mart. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 126 (1848), nom. illeg.
Hyptis graveolens Schrank Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 52 (1822).
Hyptis plumieri Poit. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 473 (1806).
Marrubium indicum Blanco Fl. Filip.: 477 (1837).
Schaueria graveolens (Blume) Hassk. Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 25 (1842).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hyptis Suaveolens	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hyptis suaveloens (L.) Poit.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hyptis suaveolens	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poir.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hyptis suaveolens (Linn.) Poit.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Hyptis suaveolens (Linnaeus) Poiteau	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Hyptis suaveolens Poir.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hyptis suaveolens Poit	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Hyptis suaveolens Poit.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hyptis suaveolens Poiteau	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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