Plant Details

Accepted name:: Luehea divaricata Mart. [Malvaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
azota caballo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
açoita-cavalo	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
ibatanguí	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
ibatinguí	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
sota caballo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
árbol de san francisco	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
bark, stem, leaf, flowers, root	dried leaf + stem, dried leaf	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alegria divaricata (Mart.) Stuntz U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Invent. Seeds 31: 87 (1914).
Brotera mediterranea Vell. Fl. Flumin. 7: 323, t. 164 (1829).
Thespesia brasiliensis Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 96 (1826).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Luchea divaricata	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Luehea divaricata C.Mart.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luehea divaricata Mart.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Luehea divaricata Mart. & Zucc.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.