Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pontederia cordata L. [Pontederiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
camalote	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pickerel weed	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 43 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Narukila cordata (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 101 (1913).
Narukila cordata var. lancifolia (Muhl.) Nieuwl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 101 (1913).
Pontederia angustifolia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 224 (1813).
Pontederia cordata var. albiflora Short & R.Peter Transylvania J. Med. Assoc. Sci. 32: 7 (1835).
Pontederia cordata f. albiflora House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 62 (1923).
Pontederia cordata f. angustifolia (Pursh) Solms in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 532 (1883).
Pontederia cordata var. angustifolia (Pursh) Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 343 (1824).
Pontederia cordata f. bernardii Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 82: 101 (1955).
Pontederia cordata f. brasiliensis Solms in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 533 (1883).
Pontederia cordata var. lanceolata (Nutt.) Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub.: 252 (1866).
Pontederia cordata var. lancifolia (Muhl.) Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 343 (1824).
Pontederia cordata f. latifolia House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 62 (1923).
Pontederia cordata f. taenia Fassett Rhodora 39: 274 (1937).
Pontederia lanceolata Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 216 (1818).
Pontederia lanceolata f. brasiliensis (Solms) Fernald Rhodora 27: 81 (1925).
Pontederia lanceolata f. trullifolia Fernald Rhodora 27: 81 (1925).
Pontederia lanceolata var. vichadensis F.J.Herm. Caldasia 5: 39 (1948).
Pontederia lancifolia Muhl. Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 34 (1813).
Pontederia maculata Donn Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 6: 81 (1811).
Pontederia mucronata Raf. ex Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 343 (1824).
Pontederia nymphaeifolia Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 126 (1843).
Pontederia obtusifolia (Raf.) A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 567 (1883).
Pontederia rotundifolia var. nymphaeifolia (Kunth) Solms in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 534 (1883).
Sagittaria cerulea Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 18 (1817).
Umsema mucronata Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808).
Umsema obtusifolia Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808).
Unisema acutifolia Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 107 (1830).
Unisema cordata (L.) Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 91 (1923 publ. 1924).
Unisema cordata f. angustifolia (Pursh) Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 92 (1924).
Unisema cordata f. latifolia (Muhl.) Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 92 (1924).
Unisema deltifolia Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 105 (1830).
Unisema heterophylla Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 108 (1830).
Unisema lancifolia Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 178 (1833).
Unisema lancifolia f. trullifolia Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 11: 73 (1928).
Unisema latifolia Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 107 (1830).
Unisema media Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 107 (1830).
Unisema mucronata Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 107 (1830).
Unisema obliquata Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 107 (1830).
Unisema obtusifolia (Raf.) Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 350 (1808).
Unisema peduncularis Raf. New Fl. 2: 75 (1837).
Unisema purshiana Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 107 (1830).
Unisema rotundifolia Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 108 (1830).
Unisema sagittata Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 18 (1817).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pontederia cordata L.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pontederia cordata L. var cordata	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

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