Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F.Macbr. [Lythraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
colombian waxweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
columbian cuphea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
escobilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sete sangrias	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sete-sangrias	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
tarweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cuphea balsamona Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 2: 363 (1827).
Balsamona pinto Vand. Fasc. Pl.: 15 (1771).
Cuphea divaricata Pohl ex Koehne in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 255 (1877).
Cuphea peplidioides Mart. ex Koehne in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 255 (1877).
Cuphea prunellifolia A.St.-Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 3: 108 (1833).
Lythrum carthagenense Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 22 (1760).
Parsonsia balsamona (Cham. & Schltdl.) Standl. in P.C.Standley & S.Calderon, Lista Pl. Salvador: 159 (1925).
Parsonsia pinto (Vand.) A.Heller Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 862 (1897).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cuphea balsamona	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cuphea balsamona Cham.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J. F. Macbr.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J. Macbr.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F. Macbr.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F.Macbr.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) MacBride	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Cuphea carthagenensis (Jacq.) Macbr.	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Cuphea carthaginensis (Jacq.) J. F. Macbr.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Cuphea carthaginensis Machr.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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