Plant Details

Accepted name:

Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich. ex Wedd. [Urticaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ishanga moe	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
ishanka waska	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
itapalla grande	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
nahua shishahua	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
orteguilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
ortiga	Other	Med. Plants of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
ortiga brava	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
ortiga del monte	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
ortiguilla pino guazú	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
ortigón	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pega pega	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
pia nihi	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
pica pica	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
tuntun nara	Other	Med. Plants of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
tuntung	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
túntung	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root:Leaf		Med. Plants of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Entire plant, Leaf (immature), Leaf, juice, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Calostima aculeata Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 48 (1837).
Urera armigera Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 193 (1853).
Urera baccifera var. horrida (Kunth) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 151 (1856).
Urera horrida (Kunth) Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 192 (1853).
Urera rugosa Rusby Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 310 (1901).
Urera viridisetosa Rusby Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 232 (1927).
Urtica armigera C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 540 (1845).
Urtica baccifera L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1398 (1763).
Urtica grandidentata Liebm. Mexic. Neldeagt. Pl.: 12 (1851), nom. illeg.
Urtica horrida Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 41 (1817).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich. Ex Wedd.	Med. Plants of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich. ex Wedd.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Urera baccifera (L.)Gaudich.	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)

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