Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson [Verbenaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
basula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bushy lippia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bushy matgrass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
carmelitana	Other	Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014)
catnip	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
cidreira	Other	Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
erva cidreira	Other	Brazilian Med. Pl. Germplasm (Scherwinski-Pereira et al., 2010) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
erva-cidreira	Other	Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Problem. no Mercadão de Madureira, Brasil (Bochner et al., 2012) Pl. Med. e Relig. em Mercados no RJ, Brasil (de Azevedo & Silva, 2006)
guanislama	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
herb-cidreira	Other	Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
juanilama	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
juanislama	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
lippia alba whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
malva	Other	Med. Pl. Use by Surinamese in Amsterdam (van Andel et al., 2007)
marguerite	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
marguerite blanche	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
marguerite des jardins	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
melisse	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
mirto	Other	Med. Pl. & Traders in Mexico (Hersch-Martínez, 1997)
naagaa-aiari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
oregano	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
pampa oregano	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
pije pije pau	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
piji pji pau	Other	Med. Pl. Use by Surinamese in Amsterdam (van Andel et al., 2007)
pitiona	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
romerillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
salve real	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
salvia	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
salvia de campo o de monte	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
salvia de castilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
salvia de jardín	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
salvia de las sierras	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
salvia maestra	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
salvia morada	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
salvia salvaje	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
salvia trepadora	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
sweet margon	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
teasam	Other	Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992) Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)
toronjil	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
white lippia	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
leaves	essential oil, oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
leaves		Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
aereal parts		Med. Pl. & Traders in Mexico (Hersch-Martínez, 1997)
leaves		Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)
leaf		Med. Pl. Use by Surinamese in Amsterdam (van Andel et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf, aerial parts, root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
aerial parts, branches, leaf	dried branches	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 37 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lippia geminata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 266 (1818).
Camara alba (Mill.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 504 (1891).
Lantana alba Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 8 (1768).
Lantana alba f. rubella Moldenke Phytologia 5: 12 (1954).
Lantana cuneatifolia Klotzsch ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 4: 45 (1845).
Lantana geminata (Kunth) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 763 (1825).
Lantana lippioides Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 305 (1838), nom. illeg.
Lantana malabarica Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 163 (1906).
Lantana mollissima Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 393 (1829).
Lantana odorata (Pers.) Weigelt ex Cham. Linnaea 7: 215 (1832), nom. illeg.
Lippia alba var. globiflora (L'Hér.) Moldenke Phytologia 20: 79 (1970).
Lippia alba f. intermedia Moldenke Phytologia 50: 469 (1982).
Lippia alba f. macrophylla Moldenke Phytologia 50: 469 (1982).
Lippia alba f. scabra Moldenke Phytologia 50: 469 (1982).
Lippia asperifolia Poepp. ex Cham. Linnaea 7: 215 (1832).
Lippia citrata Willd. ex Cham. Linnaea 7: 214 (1832).
Lippia crenata Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 140 (1894).
Lippia geminata var. microphylla Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 495 (1862).
Lippia globiflora (L'Hér.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 251 (1898).
Lippia globiflora var. geminata (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 251 (1898).
Lippia globiflora f. lilacina Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 251 (1898).
Lippia globiflora var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 251 (1898).
Lippia havanensis Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(II): 202 (1863).
Lippia lantanifolia F.Muell. Fragm. 6: 151 (1868).
Lippia lantanoides J.M.Coult. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 329 (1892), nom. superfl.
Lippia lantanoides (Lam.) Herter Revista Sudamer. Bot. 4: 185 (1937), nom. illeg.
Lippia obovata Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 140 (1894).
Lippia panamensis Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(II): 201 (1863).
Lippia rondonensis Moldenke Phytologia 20: 79 (1970).
Lippia unica Ramakr. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 54: 925 (1957).
Verbena globiflora L'Hér. Stirp. Nov.: 23 (1786).
Verbena globulifera Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 751 (1825).
Verbena lantanoides (Lam.) Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 763 (1825).
Zappania geminata (Kunth) Gibert Enum. Pl. Montev.: 44 (1873).
Zappania globiflora (L'Hér.) Juss. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 72 (1806).
Zappania lantanoides Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 58 (1791).
Zappania odorata Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 140 (1806).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lippia alba	Brazilian Med. Pl. Germplasm (Scherwinski-Pereira et al., 2010) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Med. Pl. Use by Surinamese in Amsterdam (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Lippia alba (Mill.) Brow Erva	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Lippia alba (Mill.) N. E. Br.	Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
Lippia alba (Mill.) N. E. Br. ex Britton & P. Wilson	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
Lippia alba (Mill.) N. E. Br. var. alba	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Br	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Br.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Pl. Med. e Relig. em Mercados no RJ, Brasil (de Azevedo & Silva, 2006)
Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Br. ex Britton & P. Wilson	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. ex Britton et Wilson	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br.	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Problem. no Mercadão de Madureira, Brasil (Bochner et al., 2012)
Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hepatoprotective Native Pl. in Brazilian Med. (Antunes et al., 2022) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton and P.Wilson	Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Brown	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Lippia alba (Mill.)N.E.Br.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Lippia alba (Miller)N.E.Br.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lippia alba (P. Mill.) N.e. Br. Ex Britt. & Wilson	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Lippia alba (Willd.) N.E. Br.	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Lippia alba L.	Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)
Lippia alba Mill.	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Lippia alba Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson	Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014)
Lippia alba N.E.Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lippia geminata	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Lippia geminata H. B. & K.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Lippia geminata Kunth	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lippia gemmata H.B.K.	Med. Pl. & Traders in Mexico (Hersch-Martínez, 1997)

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