Plant Details

Accepted name:: Waltheria indica L. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ak misib	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
alwani saika	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
apem	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
apiko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
avidido	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
basora prieta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
benwoboga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bretonica	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
capappi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dabada	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dusu sma	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
erect waltheria	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ewe-epo	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
fetofeto	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
firo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fulutafu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fulutalut	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
guimauve	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hankufa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hierba de soldado	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hierba del soldado	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hé tā cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
isikolanjiba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kafafe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kafaffi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kafaki	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kapappi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karum pootu thalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khar-duudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
koppeteeki	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lexutasela	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
m'bawa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
malva	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
malva blanca	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
malva de monte	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
malva del monte	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
malva-branca	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
malvavisco	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mauve-gris	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mburey	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meidebossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
menyama	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moto-branco	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mwarasupe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mǎn dì tǎn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
n!?'?'?b?-z?'?n	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
n!?ng!??h?n	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nallabenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nede	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nyikna pmiyaya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oshihakulamesho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
partia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
remedio de sanpote	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
sak xiiw	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
sawai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
seretwane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shembudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shé pó zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sikolanjiba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
simbongana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sleepy morning	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sotchinconhedje	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sulendi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tapacola	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
tapaculo	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
tay	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uhaloa	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
umbanje-la-bafazi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
waltheria	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wiwi saika	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
xiān rén sā wǎng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yankufa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
仙人撒网	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
和他草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
满地毯	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蛇婆子	Other	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:
Whole plant, root		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
roots, stems		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
whole plant	fresh whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leaves, flowers		Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
flower, leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

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

Waltheria americana L. Sp. Pl.: 673 (1753).
Waltheria makinoi Hayata J. Bot. (Morot) 22: 61 (1906).
Melochia corchorifolia Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1196 H (1829), not validly publ.
Waltheria africana Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 296 (1827).
Waltheria americana var. densiflora K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 46 (1900).
Waltheria americana var. elliptica K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 65 (1886).
Waltheria americana var. glandulosa R.E.Fr. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 42(12): 14 (1908).
Waltheria americana var. indica (L.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 47 (1900).
Waltheria americana var. sahelica Roberty Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Nat. 15: 1403 (1953).
Waltheria americana var. subspicata K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 47 (1900).
Waltheria angustifolia L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1140 (1759).
Waltheria arborescens Cav. Diss. 6: 316 (1788).
Waltheria corchorifolia Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 216 (1806).
Waltheria debilis Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 39 (1837), nom. nud.
Waltheria elliptica Cav. Diss. 6: 316 (1788).
Waltheria erioclada DC. Prodr. 1: 493 (1824).
Waltheria guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 295 (1827).
Waltheria indica var. americana (L.) R.Br. ex Hosaka Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 13: 224 (1937).
Waltheria indica var. prostrata (K.Schum.) M.Gómez Dicc. Bot. Nom. Vulg. Cub. Puerto-Riquenos: 71 (1889).
Waltheria laxa Thulin Nordic J. Bot. 19: 13 (1999).
Waltheria martii Colla Herb. Pedem. 1: 433 (1833).
Waltheria obtusa Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 783 (1841), not validly publ.
Waltheria paniculata Benth. J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 126 (1841).
Waltheria pauciflora Hochst. ex Mast. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 235 (1868), not validly publ.
Waltheria pedunculata Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 783 (1841), not validly publ.
Waltheria prostrata K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 56 (1886).
Waltheria wildii Suess. Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 33 (1951).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Waltheria americana	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Waltheria americana L	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Waltheria americana L.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Waltheria americana Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Waltheria indica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Waltheria indica L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) 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)
Waltheria indica Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Waltheria makinoi Hayata	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Whalteria americana L.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

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