Plant Details

Accepted name:: Urera caracasana (Jacq.) Gaudich. ex Griseb. [Urticaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chilagogo	Other	Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
mala mujer	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
nettle, red	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ortiga	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
ortiga real	Other	Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009)
urtiga-branca	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, stem, leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
leaves		Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
leaf		Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Urera caracasana var. subpeltata (Miq.) Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 90 (1869).
Urera caracasana var. tomentosa Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 90 (1869).
Urera mitis (Vell.) Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 191 (1853).
Urera subpeltata Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 189 (1853).
Urera acuminata Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 190 (1853), sensu auct.
Urera alceifolia (Poir.) Gaudich. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 2: 1149 (1895).
Urera capitata var. pavonii Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 92 (1869).
Urera caracasana var. miquelii (Wedd.) Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 90 (1869).
Urera caracasana var. mitis Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 90 (1869).
Urera corallina (Liebm.) Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 90 (1869).
Urera densiflora Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 190 (1853).
Urera jacquinii Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 18: 200 (1852).
Urera jacquinii var. corallina (Liebm.) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 145 (1856).
Urera jacquinii var. miquelii Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 145 (1856).
Urera jacquinii var. subpeltata (Miq.) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 145 (1856).
Urera jacquinii var. tomentosa Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 145 (1856).
Urera jacquinii var. ulmifolia (Kunth) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 145 (1856).
Urera magna Britton Torreya 3: 90 (1903).
Urera subpeltata var. morifolia Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 190 (1853).
Urtica alceifolia Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 227 (1816).
Urtica caracasana Jacq. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 71 (1798).
Urtica chichicaztli Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City), ser. 2, 1(App.): 160 (1890).
Urtica corallina Liebm. Mexic. Neldeagt. Pl.: 11 (1851).
Urtica mitis Vell. Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 19 (1831).
Urtica tiliifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 42 (1817).
Urtica ulmifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 42 (1817).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Urera caracasana	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Pl. Med. de Matamba y Piñonal, Mexico (Escamilla et al., 2015)
Urera caracasana (Jacq.) Gaudich. ex Griseb.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. from Tlanchinol, Mexico (Andrade-Cetto, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Urera caracasana (Jacq.) Griseb.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Urera caracasana Jacq.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Urera caracassana Gaudichaud var. subpeltata Weddel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Urera caracassana Gaudichaud var. tomentosa Weddel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Urera mitis Miq.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
Urera subpeltata Miq.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)

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