Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. [Urticaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Pilea microphylla var. domingensis (Groult) Acev.-Rodr.

Pilea microphylla var. microphylla

Pilea microphylla var. nanophylla Groult

Pilea microphylla var. succulenta Griseb.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
artillery plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
brilhantina-do-campo	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
bō lí cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
contrayerba	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
frescura	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
gunpowder	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gunpowder plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katumpangan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kerak nasi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pistol plant	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
quishquirrinrri	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
rip	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rumi llullu	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
rumusol	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
tòu míng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiǎo yè lěng shuǐ cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiǎo yè lěng shuǐ huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiǎo yè lěng shuǐ má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xì yè cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小叶冷水花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小叶冷水麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小葉冷水草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
玻璃草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
細葉草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
透明草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaf, aerial part, flower, stem, fruit		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

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

Parietaria microphylla L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1308 (1759).
Dubrueilia microphylla (L.) Gaudich. Voy. Uranie: 495 (1830).
Pilea muscosa var. microphylla (L.) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 174 (1856), nom. superfl.
Pilea trianthmoides var. microphylla (L.) Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 107 (1869).
Urtica microphylla (L.) Sw. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 8: 66 (1787).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Parietaria microphylla L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pilea microphylla	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liemb	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pilea microphylla Liebm.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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