Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mesosphaerum pectinatum (L.) Kuntze [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alfazema-brava	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
betonica brava	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
betônica brava	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
canudinho	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
comb bushmint	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
oregano	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
pambapoleo	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
flower		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
flower		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poit. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 474 (1806).
Ballota disticha Rodschied Med. Bem. Kol. Rio Essequebo: 35 (1794), nom. illeg.
Ballota parviflora Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 136 (1894).
Ballota suaveolens Rodschied Med. Bem. Kol. Rio Essequebo: 35 (1794), nom. illeg.
Brotera persica Spreng. Trans. Linn. Soc. 6: 151 (1802).
Bystropogon coarctatus Thonn. & Schumach. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. 4: 34 (1828).
Bystropogon pectinatus (L.) L'Hér. Sert. Angl.: 19 (1789).
Clinopodium imbricatum Vell. Fl. Flumin. 6: 242, t. 5 (1829).
Hyptis nepetoides Fisch. ex Schrank Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 52 (1822).
Hyptis persica (Spreng.) Poit. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 471 (1806).
Hyptis racemosa Zuccagni in J.J.Roemer, Collecteana: 143 (1806).
Mentha perilloides L. Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 736 (1767).
Nepeta aristata Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 110 (1792).
Nepeta pectinata L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1096 (1759).
Nepeta persica Poit. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 396 (1848), pro syn.
Pogostemon perilloides (L.) Mansf. Kulturpflanze, Beih. 2: 376 (1959).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hyptis pectinata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998)
Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poit.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Medicinal Pl. in S Pacific (WHO, 1998) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hyptis pectinata Poit	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Hyptis pectinata Poit.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Hyptis pectinata Poiteau	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mesosphaerum pectinatum (L.) Kuntze	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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