Plant Details

Accepted name:: Minthostachys mollis (Benth.) Griseb. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Minthostachys mollis var. hybrida Schmidt-Leb.

Minthostachys mollis var. mandoniana (Briq.) Schmidt-Leb.

Minthostachys mollis var. mollis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ayamanchana	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
muña	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in N Peru (Revene et al., 2008) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
poleo	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
poleo del inca	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tipo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
aerial part, bud, entire plant, fruit, leaf, flower		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bystropogon mollis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 317 (1818), nom. illeg.
Mentha mollis Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 182 (1833).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Minthostachys molle Grisebach	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Minthostachys mollis (Benth.) Griseb.	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Minthostachys mollis (Kunth) Griseb.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Minthostachys mollis (Kunth.) Griseb.	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Minthostachys mollis Griesebach	Med. Pl. in N Peru (Revene et al., 2008)
Minthostachys mollis Griseb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)

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