Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aloysia gratissima (Gillies & Hook.) Tronc. [Verbenaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alfazema	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
arrayán	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
arrayán del campo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
azahar del campo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
azar del monte	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cedrón	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
favorita	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
muña del monte	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
niño rupá	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
palo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
palo amarillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
usillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts, Flowers + leaf, Leaf, Stem		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lippia gratissima (Gillies & Hook.) L.D.Benson in L.D.Benson & R.A.Darrow, Trees & Shrubs of Southw. Deserts, ed. 3: 202 (1981).
Lippia lycioides (Cham.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 54 (1841).
Aloysia famatinensis Ravenna Onira 11: 15 (2007).
Aloysia floribunda M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(2): 320 (1844).
Aloysia gratissima f. macrophylla Moldenke Phytologia 29: 75 (1974).
Aloysia gratissima var. paraguariensis (Briq.) Moldenke Phytologia 9: 500 (1964).
Aloysia ligustrina var. paraguariensis (Briq.) Moldenke Phytologia 1: 167 (1935).
Aloysia ligustrina var. schulziae (Standl.) Moldenke Phytologia 1: 95 (1934).
Aloysia lycioides Cham. Linnaea 7: 237 (1832).
Aloysia lycioides var. paraguariensis (Briq.) Moldenke Phytologia 2: 464 (1948).
Aloysia lycioides var. schulziae (Standl.) Moldenke Phytologia 2: 464 (1948).
Aloysia mizquensis Ravenna Onira 10: 59 (2006).
Lantana virgata Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 188 (1923).
Lippia gratissima var. schulziae (Standl.) L.D.Benson in L.D.Benson & R.A.Darrow, Trees & Shrubs of Southw. Deserts, ed. 3: 203 (1981).
Lippia ligustrina var. lasiodonta Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7-8: 305 (1904).
Lippia ligustrina var. paraguariensis Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 7-8: 305 (1904).
Lippia ligustrina var. schulziae Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4: 256 (1929).
Verbena gratissima Gillies & Hook. Bot. Misc. 1: 160 (1829).
Verbena integerrima Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 1: 9 (1923).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aloysia gratissima (Gillies & Hook. ex Hook.) Tronc. var. gratissima	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Aloysia gratissima (Gillies & Hook.) Tronc.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Aloysia gratissima (Gillies and Hook. ex Hook.) Tronc.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Lippia gratissima (Gill. & Hook.) Troncoso	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Lippia lycioides	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lippia lycioides (Cham.) Steud.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)

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