Plant Details

Accepted name:: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl [Verbenaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aaron’s rod	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
alata labu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
bastard vervain	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
brazilian tea	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ceemai-nayuruvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chirchiti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
cimainayuruvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dà lán cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gervão roxo	Other	Trad. Uses of American Pl. spp. (Brandão et al., 2009)
gewongan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
i´binxiiw	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
jiǎ bài jiàng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiǎ mǎ biān	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaadu uttaraani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu uttharaani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kari uttharaani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kariyartharani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kariyuttharaani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maeda balaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marang chirchiti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mà dín wā	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
naioringi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pecut kuda	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
porter weed	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
rumput tahi babi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
selaseh dandi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
selasih dandi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
selasih dendi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
selasih hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
simainaivirunji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
simainayuruvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
snakeweed	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
soregida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talche´	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
ungeva	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
verbena	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
verbena azul	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
vervain	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
verveine	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
verveine a queue de rat	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
verveine bleue	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
verveine violette	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
vervine	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
vorvine	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
yu long bian	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yù láng biān	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yù lóng biān	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
假敗醬	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
假败酱	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
假馬鞭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
假马鞭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大兰草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
玉狼鞭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
玉郎鞭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
玉龍鞭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
玉龙鞭	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves	plant juice	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
leaves		Trad. Uses of American Pl. spp. (Brandão et al., 2009)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
bark, leaves, stem		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole-plant, leaves		Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Stachytarpheta bogoriensis Zoll. & Moritzi in A.Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java: 52 (1846).
Verbena jamaicensis L. Sp. Pl.: 19 (1753).
Abena jamaicensis (L.) Hitchc. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 117 (1893).
Cymburus urticifolius Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 53 (1806), nom. superfl.
Stachytarpheta indica var. jamaicensis (L.) Razi Half-Yearly J. Mysore Univ., N.S., B 7(4): 63 (1946).
Stachytarpheta indica f. monstrosa Moldenke Phytologia 1: 433 (1940).
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. albiflora S.S.Ying Coloured Ill. Fl. Taiwan 6: 609 (1998), nom. illeg.
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. atrocoerulea Moldenke Phytologia 34: 246 (1976).
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis var. longifolia Hiern Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1877: 101 (1877).
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. monstrosa Moldenke Phytologia 1: 470 (1940).
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis f. monstrosa (Moldenke) Moldenke Phytologia 2: 416 (1948).
Stachytarpheta pilosiuscula Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 279 (1818).
Valerianoides jamaicensis (L.) Medik. Philos. Bot. 1: 178 (1789).
Valerianoides jamaicensis var. angustifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 510 (1891).
Valerianoides jamaicensis f. glabra Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 510 (1891).
Valerianoides jamaicensis var. spathulata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 510 (1891).
Valerianoides jamaicensis f. strigosa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 510 (1891).
Verbena americana Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 10 (1768).
Verbena pilosiuscula (Kunth) Endl. Cat. Horti Vindob. 2: 46 (1842).
Vermicularia decurrens Moench Suppl. Meth.: 150 (1802), nom. superfl.
Zappania jamaicensis (L.) Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 59 (1791).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Stachytarpheta bogoriensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vaahl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.)Vahl	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis VAHL	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Vahl	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Vahl.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Verbena jamaicensis L.	Trad. Uses of American Pl. spp. (Brandão et al., 2009)

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