Plant Details

Accepted name:: Psacalium decompositum (A.Gray) H.Rob. & Brettell [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
desert indianbush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian-plantain	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
matarique	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
psacalium	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cacalia decomposita A.Gray Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 99 (1853).
Senecio grayanus Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 241 (1881).
Mesadenia decomposita Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 749 (1915).
Mesadenia ecomposita (A.Gray) Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 19: 749 (1915).
Odontotrichum decompositum (A.Gray) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51: 414 (1924).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cacalia descomposita Gray	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
Psacalium decompositum (A. Gray) H. Rob. & Brettell	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Psacalium decompositum (A.Gray) H.E.Robins. & Brett.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Psacalium decompositum (A.Gray) H.Rob. & Brettell	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Psacalium decompositum (A.gray) H.rob. & Brettell	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Senecio grayanus Hemsley	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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