Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hydrocotyle umbellata L. [Araliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abebê	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
abebê-de-oxum	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
acariçoba	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
centela	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
dinheiro	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
dollarweed	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
erva-tostão	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
herva capitão	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
manyflower marsh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
manyflower marshpennywort	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
moeda	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
pankuku wiwiri	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
pegaga air	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pennywort	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vintém	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
leaf	tincture, vegetal drug, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
entire plant, leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hydrocotyle caffra Meisn. London J. Bot. 2: 529 (1843).
Hydrocotyle fluitans DC. Prodr. 4: 69 (1830).
Hydrocotyle incrassata Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 81 (1817), nom. illeg.
Hydrocotyle polystachya A.Rich. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 4: 171 (1820).
Hydrocotyle quinqueradiata Thouars ex DC. Prodr. 4: 60 (1830), pro syn.
Hydrocotyle scaposa Steud. Flora 36: 753 (1855).
Hydrocotyle umbellata var. intermedia Urb. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 270 (1879).
Hydrocotyle umbellata var. microphylla Urb. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 269 (1879).
Hydrocotyle umbellata var. scaposa (Steud.) Urb. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 11(1): 270 (1879).
Hydrocotyle umbellata var. umbellulata (Michx.) DC. Prodr. 4: 60 (1830).
Hydrocotyle umbellulata Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 161 (1803).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hydrocotyle umbellata	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Hydrocotyle umbellata L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hydrocotyle umbellate Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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