Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vestia foetida (Ruiz & Pav.) Hoffmanns. [Solanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Periphragmos foetidus Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 2: 17 (1799).
Cantua foetida (Ruiz & Pav.) Cav. Elench. Pl. Horti Matr.: 8 (1803).
Cantua ligustrifolia Juss. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 3: 118 (1804).
Cestrum vespertinum Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 306 (1819), nom. illeg.
Levana uniflora Raf. Autik. Bot.: 15 (1840).
Vestia lycioides Willd. Enum. Pl.: 208 (1809).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Periphragmos foetidus Ruiz & Pav.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vestia foetida (Ruiz & Pav.) Hoffmanns.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Vestia foetida Hoffman	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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