Plant Details

Accepted name:: Leonotis leonurus (L.) R.Br. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
lejonöra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lion's ear	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lion's tail	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lion's-ear	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild dagga	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Herb		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
leaves		Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hemisodon leonurus (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 88 (1837).
Leonotis leonurus var. albiflora Benth. in E.H.F.Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 243 (1838).
Leonurus africanus Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).
Leonurus grandiflorus Moench Methodus: 400 (1794).
Leonurus superbus Medik. Bot. Beob. 1783: 127 (1784).
Phlomis leonurus L. Sp. Pl.: 587 (1753).
Phlomis speciosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 84 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Leonotis leonuris	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Leonotis leonurus	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Leonotis leonurus (L.) Aiton	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Leonotis leonurus (L.) R. Br.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Leonotis leonurus (L.) R.Br.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Leonotis leonurus (L.) W. T. Aiton	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Leonotis leonurus Aiton	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Leonotis leonurus R. Br.	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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