Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lippia dulcis Trevir. [Verbenaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aztec sweet herb	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
aztec sweetherb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
aztekisches süßkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
buscapina	Other	Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
corozus del país	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
hierba dulce	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hierbabuena dulce	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
honeyherb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kuatsitinisi teri	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
lippia	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
lippienkraut	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
mexican lippia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
neuctixihiuitl	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
novalgina	Other	Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
orosus	Other	Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
orozus	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
orozwg	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
oruzuz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
oréganogrueso	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
phyla dulcis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
rough fogfruit	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sweet herb	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
tsiim koy ts’ojol	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
tsiimal koy	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
tzopelic-xihuitl	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tzopelicxihiuitl	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
té de la abuela	Other	Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009)
xt’ uhuyxiw	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
yerba dulce	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
yerbabuena dulce	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Aerial portion		Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
leaf		Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009)
Plant without root		Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

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

Lippia asperifolia Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Exot. 2: 27 (1829).
Lippia dulcis var. mexicana Wehmer Pfl.-Stoffe: 646 (1911).
Phyla dulcis (Trevir.) Moldenke Torreya 34: 9 (1934).
Phyla scaberrima (Juss. ex Pers.) Moldenke Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 41: 64 (1936).
Zappania scaberrima Juss. ex Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 140 (1806).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lippia asperifolia	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lippia dulcis	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Lippia dulcis Trev	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Lippia dulcis Trev.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Lippia dulcis Trevir.	Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Lippia dulcis Treviranus	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lippia dulcis var mexicana	Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009)
Lippia dulcis var mexicana Wehmer	Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009)
Phyla dulcis (Trevir.) Moldenke	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Phyla scaberriana	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Phyla scaberrima	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998)
Phyla scaberrima (A. Juss. ex Pers.) Moldenke	Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
Phyla scaberrima (Juss. ex Pers.) Moldenke	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Phyla scaberrima (Juss.) Moldenke	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

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