Plant Details

Accepted name:: Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Orthosiphon aristatus var. velteri Suddee & A.J.Paton

Orthosiphon aristatus var. aristatus

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balbas-pusa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cat's whiskers	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cat's-whiskers	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cat’s mustache	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
hsee-cho	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
java tea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
java-tea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
karum thulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattesnor	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kattu chemarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katzenbart	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kidney tea plant	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
koemis koetjing	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kumis kucing	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kumis kutjing	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
long-stamened orthosiphon	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
mao syu tsao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
mao xu cao	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
mato olong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
misai kucing	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
morrhårsmynta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
moustache de chat	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
orthosiphon	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
orthosiphonis folium	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
orthosiphonis herba	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
remujung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ruku hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
si-cho	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
somit kucing	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
somit mayau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
teh jawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tha-gya-ma-gaik	Other	Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
thagyar makike	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
thé de java	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
thé du java	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
tè de giava	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
whiskerplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ya nuat maeo	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
貓鬚草	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Herb, Leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dried leaves, stem, twig, whole plant		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leaf		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
whole plant except the roots		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf, whole plant		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
leaves		Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ocimum aristatum Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 833 (1826).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Orthosiphon aristatus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Orthosiphon aristatus (BL.) Miq.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Orthosiphon aristatus (Bl.) Miq.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miquel	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume)Miq.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Orthosiphon aristatus Benth	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)

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