Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cnidoscolus urens (L.) Janti [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cansanção	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
jatropha urens	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
raiz de cansação	Other	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004)
urtiga branca	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
urtiga-branca	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
wild physic	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
stem bark		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cnidoscolus tubulosus var. trilobus (Müll.Arg.) Lourteig & O'Donell Lilloa 9: 113 (1943).
Jatropha urens L. Sp. Pl.: 1007 (1753).
Bivonea urens (L.) Arthur Torreya 22: 30 (1922).
Cnidoscolus adenophilus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 19c: 166 (1931).
Cnidoscolus herbaceus (L.) I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 86 (1923).
Cnidoscolus marcgravii Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 58 (1827).
Cnidoscolus mexicanus Klotzsch ex Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, I: 98 (1910).
Cnidoscolus osteocarpus Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 63 (1827).
Cnidoscolus urens subsp. adenophilus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Breckon Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 1114 (1988).
Cnidoscolus vitifolius var. repandus Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 53 (1879).
Hibiscus trisectus Bertol. Misc. Bot. 15: 19 (1854).
Janipha urens (L.) Poir. ex Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 63 (1827).
Jatropha adenophila Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 400 (1914).
Jatropha herbacea L. Sp. Pl.: 1007 (1753).
Jatropha osteocarpa Schott ex Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, I: 98 (1910), pro syn.
Jatropha tubulosa var. triloba Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 212 (1865).
Jatropha urens var. brachyloba Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(2): 500 (1874).
Jatropha urens var. genuina Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1100 (1866), not validly publ.
Jatropha urens var. herbacea (L.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1101 (1866).
Jatropha urens var. marcgravii (Pohl) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1101 (1866).
Jatropha urens f. osteocarpa (Pohl) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1101 (1866).
Jatropha urens var. osteocarpa (Pohl) Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(2): 500 (1874).
Jatropha vitifolia var. repanda (Griseb.) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, I: 88 (1910).
Jussieuia herbacea Houst. Reliq. Houstoun.: 6 (1781).
Manihot herbacea (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 167 (1766).
Manihot urens (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 167 (1766).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cnidoscolus tubulosus var. trilobus (Müll. Arg.) Lourteig & O´Donell	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Cnidoscolus urens (L.) Arthur	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cnidoscolus urens (l.) Arthur	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Jatropha urens L.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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