Plant Details

Accepted name:: Richardia brasiliensis Gomes [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ervanço	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
ipeca	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
poaia	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
tapekué	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

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

Richardsonia brasiliensis (Gomes) Klotzsch in F.G.Hayne, Getreue Darstell. Gew. 14: t. 21 (1846).
Richardia adscendens (DC.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 458 (1840).
Richardia emetica (Mart.) Schult. Syst. Veg. 7: 1627 (1830).
Richardia rosea (A.St.-Hil.) Schult. Syst. Veg. 7: 1627 (1830).
Richardia rosea f. albiflora Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 112 (1898).
Richardia rosea f. lilacina Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 112 (1898).
Richardia sericea Walp. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 354 (1843).
Richardia villosa Sessé & Moc. ex DC. Prodr. 4: 569 (1830).
Richardsonia adscendens DC. Prodr. 4: 569 (1830).
Richardsonia brasiliensis var. dubia Beauverd & Felipp. Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 13: 7 (1920 publ. 1921).
Richardsonia emetica Mart. Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 1824/1824: 87 (1824).
Richardsonia rosea A.St.-Hil. Pl. Usuel. Bras.: t. 7 (1824).
Richardsonia sericea Walp. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 354 (1843).
Spermacoce adscendens Pav. ex DC. Prodr. 4: 569 (1830), pro syn.
Spermacoce ascendens Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic.: 23 (1893).
Spermacoce hexandra A.Rich. Hist. Nat. Méd. Ipécacuanha: 13 (1820).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Richardia brasiliense Gomez	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Richardia brasiliensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Richardia brasiliensis Gomes	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Richardia brasiliensis Gomez	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Richardsonia brasiliensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Richardsonia brosiliensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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