Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bouchea prismatica (L.) Kuntze [Verbenaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arrocillo	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bouchea boyacana Moldenke Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 498 (1941).
Bouchea ehrenbergii Cham. Linnaea 7: 253 (1832).
Bouchea prismatica var. longirostra Grenzeb. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 13: 81 (1926).
Denisia prismatica (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 254 (1898).
Lomake brachiata Raf. Autik. Bot.: 73 (1840).
Stachytarpheta laxiflora Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(II): 199 (1863).
Stachytarpheta prismatica (L.) Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 209 (1804).
Verbena prismatica L. Sp. Pl.: 19 (1753).
Zappania prismatica (L.) Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 59 (1791).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bouchea prismatica (L.) Kuntze	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Bouchea prismatica Kuntze	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)

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