Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ambrosia arborescens Mill. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chicuria	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
marco	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
marco grande	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
aerial part, leaf, entire plant		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Franseria ambrosioides Cav. Icon. 2: 79 (1793), nom. superfl.
Ambrosia fruticosa Medik. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 3(Phys.): 247 (1775), nom. superfl.
Franseria arborescens (Mill.) Brandegee Zoe 5: 162 (1903).
Franseria artemisioides Willd. Hort. Berol. 1: t. 2 (1803), nom. superfl.
Franseria conwayi Rusby Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 130 (1912).
Gaertneria artemisioides Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 339 (1891), nom. superfl.
Gaertneria fruticosa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 339 (1891), nom. superfl.
Xanthidium artemisioides Delpino Studi Lign. Anemof.: 63 (1871).
Xanthium fruticosum L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 418 (1782).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ambrosia arborescens Mill.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Franseria ambrosioides Cav.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

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