Plant Details

Accepted name:: Varronia spinescens (L.) Borhidi [Boraginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bejuco nacundo	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
wild sage	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cordia riparia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 71 (1818).
Cordia spinescens L. Mant. Pl. 2: 206 (1771).
Cordia coloradiphila Gilli Feddes Repert. 94: 304 (1983).
Cordia costaricensis I.M.Johnst. J. Arnold Arbor. 30: 103 (1949).
Cordia crenulata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 492 (1845).
Cordia ferruginea (Lam.) Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 71 (1818).
Cordia laxiflora Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 72 (1818).
Cordia pauciflora Rusby Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 83 (1896).
Cordia platystachya Killip ex J.Estrada Fl. Colombia 14: 111 (1995).
Cordia poeppigii A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 492 (1845).
Cordia pyrifolia Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 802 (1819).
Cordia rhombifolia Estrada Fl. Colombia 14: 114 (1995).
Cordia thibaudiana A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 489 (1845).
Lithocardium crenulatum (A.DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 976 (1891).
Lithocardium ferrugineum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 438 (1891).
Lithocardium ferrugineum var. subcordatum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 438 (1891).
Lithocardium laxiflorum (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977 (1891).
Lithocardium poeppigii (A.DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977 (1891).
Lithocardium riparium (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977 (1891).
Lithocardium thibaudianum (A.DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977 (1891).
Montjolya ferruginea (Lam.) Friesen Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 24: 181 (1931-1932 publ. 1933).
Quarena spinescens (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 39 (1838).
Tournefortia polystachya Poepp. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 492 (1845), not validly publ.
Varronia coloradiphila (Gilli) Borhidi Acta Bot. Hung. 34: 390 (1988).
Varronia costaricensis (I.M.Johnst.) Borhidi Acta Bot. Hung. 34: 391 (1988).
Varronia crenulata Pav. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 492 (1845), pro syn.
Varronia ferruginea Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 418 (1792).
Varronia laxiflora (Kunth) Borhidi Acta Bot. Hung. 34: 392 (1988).
Varronia martinicensis Desf. Tabl. École Bot.: 71 (1804), sensu auct.
Varronia pauciflora (Rusby) Borhidi Acta Bot. Hung. 34: 393 (1988).
Varronia poeppigii (A.DC.) Borhidi Acta Bot. Hung. 34: 393 (1988).
Varronia pyrifolia Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 802 (1819).
Varronia riparia (Kunth) Borhidi Acta Bot. Hung. 34: 393 (1988).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cordia riparia H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cordia riparia Kunth	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Cordia spinescens L.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Varronia spinescens (L.) Borhidi	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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