Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cuphea viscosissima Jacq. [Lythraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blue wax-weed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blue waxweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
clammy cuphea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cuphea petiolata	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
fluxweed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
red pennyroyal	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
tar-weed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tarweed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cuphea petiolata (L.) Koehne Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 2: 173 (1881), nom. illeg.
Cuphea albida Raf. New Fl. 2: 32 (1837).
Cuphea brownei Jacq. Hort. Bot. Vindob. 2: 83 (1773).
Lythrum cuphea L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 249 (1782).
Lythrum petiolatum L. Sp. Pl.: 446 (1753).
Melfona purpurea Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 103 (1838).
Parsonsia petiolata (L.) Rusby Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 231 (1894).
Silene axillaris Leavenw. Amer. J. Sci. Arts 7: 62 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cuphea petiolata (L.) Koehne	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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