Plant Details

Accepted name:: Witheringia solanacea L'Hér. [Solanaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ayak panka	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
tempate	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tinanquak'guid	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
zimbiyu yura panga	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bassovia macrophylla (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Dunal) J.M.Coult. Bot. Gaz. 16: 145 (1891).
Bassovia solanacea (L'Hér.) Benth. ex F.Muell. Select Pl., ed. 3: 46 (1881).
Bassovia solanacea var. glabrescens (Kuntze) Hochr. Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 285 (1910).
Brachistus hebephyllus Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 3: 266 (1849).
Brachistus macrophyllus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Dunal) Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 3: 263 (1849).
Brachistus solanaceus (L'Hér.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 424 (1882).
Capsicum hebephyllum (Miers) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 449 (1891).
Capsicum isothrix Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 1567 (1938).
Capsicum macrophyllum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Dunal) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 16 (1927).
Capsicum solanaceum (L'Hér.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 450 (1891).
Capsicum solanaceum var. glabrescens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 450 (1891).
Capsicum solanaceum var. macrophyllum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Dunal) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 450 (1891).
Capsicum solanaceum var. pubescens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 450 (1891).
Capsicum tetramerum Standl. & C.V.Morton Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 1045 (1938).
Saracha solanacea (L'Hér.) Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 3: 450 (1849).
Sicklera solanacea (L'Hér.) Sendtn. Flora 29: 195 (1846).
Sicklera tetrandra A.Braun & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1853(App.): 10 (1853).
Solanum panamense Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. Observ. Bot. Descript. Pl. Nov. Herb. Van Heurckiani 2: 128 (1871).
Solanum peckii S.F.Blake Contr. Gray Herb. 52: 87 (1917).
Witheringia acuminata Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 403 (1852).
Witheringia aspera Spreng. Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 1: 266 (1820).
Witheringia capsicoides Mart. ex Colla Herb. Pedem. 4: 277 (1835).
Witheringia conica Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 788 (1841).
Witheringia filipes Alain Phytologia 65: 421 (1989).
Witheringia lanceolata Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 404 (1852).
Witheringia macrophylla Humb. & Bonpl. ex Dunal Solan. Syn.: 1 (1816).
Witheringia pogonandra Lem. Ill. Hort. 7: t. 242 (1860).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Witheringia solanacea L'Hér.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Witheringia solanacea L’Hér.	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Witheringia solanacea ĹHér	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

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