Plant Details

Accepted name:: Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.) Vahl [Verbenaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alata labu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
alotrohe	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
camanó nihi	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cola de rata	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
daun birin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gervao roxo	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
gervão	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
gervão-roxo	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
malaria	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
plepinia	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
quebra-pedra	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
rinchão	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tingining	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
té criollo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
verbena negra	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
verbena silvestre	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
vervena	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
vorvine	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
whole plant	dry whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
aerial part, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leaf	vegetal drug, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf, entire plant		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, entire plant		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Dried aerial parts, Leaf, Root + leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 42 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Stachytarpheta dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 207 (1804).
Abena cayennensis (Rich.) Hitchc. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 117 (1893).
Lippia cylindrica Scheele Linnaea 17: 351 (1844).
Stachytarpheta australis Moldenke Phytologia 1: 470 (1940).
Stachytarpheta australis f. albiflora Moldenke Phytologia 3: 63 (1949).
Stachytarpheta australis var. neocaledonica Moldenke Phytologia 3: 117 (1949).
Stachytarpheta canescens var. bahiensis Moldenke Phytologia 40: 54 (1978).
Stachytarpheta canescens var. morii Moldenke Phytologia 41: 450 (1979).
Stachytarpheta cayennensis f. albiflora Moldenke Bot. Gaz. 106: 163 (1944).
Stachytarpheta cayennensis var. candicans Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 1164 (1904).
Stachytarpheta cayennensis f. purpurea Moldenke Phytologia 52: 231 (1982).
Stachytarpheta cayennensis var. virescens Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 1164 (1904).
Stachytarpheta dichotoma (Baill.) A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 15: 1076 (1935), nom. illeg.
Stachytarpheta dichotoma f. albiflora (Moldenke) Moldenke Phytologia 28: 102 (1974).
Stachytarpheta dichotoma var. neocaledonica (Moldenke) Moldenke Phytologia 28: 102 (1974).
Stachytarpheta fallax A.E.Gonç. Garcia de Orta, Sér. Bot. 13: 70 (1996).
Stachytarpheta gibberosa Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Exot. 2: 15 (1828).
Stachytarpheta guatemalensis Moldenke Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 522: 181 (1940).
Stachytarpheta guatemalensis f. albiflora Moldenke Phytologia 9: 99 (1963).
Stachytarpheta hirta Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 280 (1818).
Stachytarpheta lactea Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 562 (1847).
Stachytarpheta laevis Moldenke Phytologia 2: 369 (1974).
Stachytarpheta maximiliani Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 565 (1847).
Stachytarpheta maximiliani var. ciliaris Moldenke Phytologia 1: 472 (1940).
Stachytarpheta maximiliani var. glabrata Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 565 (1847).
Stachytarpheta patens Moldenke Phytologia 45: 335 (1980).
Stachytarpheta polyura Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 562 (1847).
Stachytarpheta polyura f. albiflora Moldenke Phytologia 20: 243 (1970).
Stachytarpheta restingensis var. hispidula Moldenke Phytologia 55: 233 (1984).
Stachytarpheta scaberrima var. pilosa Moldenke Phytologia 13: 307 (1966).
Stachytarpheta subulata Moldenke Phytologia 1: 475 (1940).
Stachytarpheta tabascana Moldenke Phytologia 1: 437 (1940).
Stachytarpheta theezans Rojas Acosta Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes: 77 (1897).
Stachytarpheta umbrosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 280 (1818).
Stachytarpheta veronicifolia Cham. Linnaea 7: 246 (1832).
Ubochea dichotoma Baill. Hist. Pl. 11: 103 (1891).
Valerianoides cayennensis (Rich.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 510 (1891).
Valerianoides dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 825 (1894).
Verbena cayennensis Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 105 (1792).
Verbena dichotoma Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 1: 23 (1798).
Zappania cayennensis (Rich.) Mirb. Hist. Nat. Pl., ed. 2, 15: 241 (1805).
Zappania dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Mirb. Hist. Nat. Pl., ed. 2, 15: 240 (1805).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.) Vahl	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich.)Vahl	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Stachytarpheta cayennensis Vahl	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Stachytarpheta cayernnensis (Rich.) Vahl	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Stachytarpheta dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Vahl	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Stachytarpheta dichotoma Vahl	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Stachytarpheta dichotoma Vahl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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