Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mesosphaerum suaveolens (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:
aattunilampadarthipatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alfavaca-brava	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
alfazema-de-caboclo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
ali thala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
american mint	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ban bawari	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bawari	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
betônica-brava	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bhaise selang	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bhantala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhustrna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
biparthu	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
bush tea	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bush tea bush	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
chan	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
chao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chat	Other	Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
chía cimarrona	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
danthi thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganga basil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganga thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganja tulsi	Other	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
gros baume	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
hierba de las muelas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
hierba del dolor	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
horehound	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
hortelã-do-campo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
hyptis à odeur	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
karidumbimele	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mintbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mintweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
namse jhar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
narutami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
picnut	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
pignut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
seema thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shanxiang	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
silam	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
silame	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
simthi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sirna tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thulo mirre	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tokma	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
tukma	Other	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
vilaayithi thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilaiti-tulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilayati tulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
west indian spikenard	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
wild spikenard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
山香	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Leaves, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
flower, flower, seed		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
flower, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 472 (1806).
Ballota suaveolens L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1100 (1759).
Bystropogon graveolens Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 824 (1826).
Bystropogon suaveolens (L.) L'Hér. Sert. Angl.: 19 (1789).
Gnoteris cordata Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 76 (1838), nom. superfl.
Gnoteris villosa Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 76 (1838).
Hyptis congesta Leonard J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 70 (1927).
Hyptis ebracteata R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 3: 391 (1811), nom. illeg.
Hyptis graveolens (Blume) Mart. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 126 (1848), nom. illeg.
Hyptis graveolens Schrank Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 52 (1822).
Hyptis plumieri Poit. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 473 (1806).
Marrubium indicum Blanco Fl. Filip.: 477 (1837).
Schaueria graveolens (Blume) Hassk. Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 25 (1842).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hyptis Suaveolens	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hyptis suaveolens	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hyptis suaveolens (Linnaeus) Poiteau	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Hyptis suaveolens Poit	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Hyptis suaveolens Poit.	Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Hyptis suaveolens Poiteau	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Mesosphaerum suaveolens (L.) Kuntze	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)

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