Plant Details

Accepted name:

Neurolaena lobata (L.) Cass. [Asteraceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
contragavilan	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
contragavilana	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
gailana o contragavilana	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
gavilan	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
gavilana	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
gúye árani	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
hoja de lanza	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
jabilla	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
jackass bittas	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
jackass bitters	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
jackass-bitters	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
junata palsk	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
mano de lagarto	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
mano de largato	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
palo brujo	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
quinina	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
tres dedos	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
tres puntas	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Pluchea symphytifolia (Mill.) Gillis Taxon 26: 591 (1977).
Calea lobata (L.) Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 113 (1788).
Calea suriani Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 6(Suppl.): 32 (1817).
Conyza lobata L. Sp. Pl.: 862 (1753).
Conyza symphytifolia Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8, s.p. (1768).
Critonia chrysocephala (Klatt) R.M.King & H.Rob. Phytologia 22: 48 (1971).
Eupatorium chrysocephalum Klatt Compos. Nov. Costaric.: 2 (1895).
Eupatorium valverdeanum Klatt Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31(1): 188 (1892).
Neurolaena fulva B.L.Turner Phytologia 37: 251 (1977).
Neurolaena integrifolia Klatt Leopoldina 20: 94 (1884).
Neurolaena lobata var. indivisa Donn.Sm. Bot. Gaz. 14: 27 (1889).
Neurolaena suriani (Cass.) Cass. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 87: 29 (1818).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Neurolaena lobata	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Neurolaena lobata (L.) Cass.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Neurolaena lobata (L.) R. Br.	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Neurolaena lobata (L.) R.Br. ex Cass.	Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
Pluchea symphytifolia	Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998)

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