Plant Details

Accepted name:: Larrea tridentata (DC.) Coville [Zygophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chaparral	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
creosote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
creosote bush	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
creosote-bush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gobemadora	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
gobernadora	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
hediondilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kreosotbuske	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kreosotstrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Herb		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
leaves		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
leaves, stem		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Covillea tridentata (DC.) Vail Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 302 (1899).
Larrea divaricata subsp. tridentata (DC.) Felger J. Arizona Acad. Sci. 6: 84 (1970).
Larrea glutinosa Engelm. in F.A.Wislizenus, Mem. Tour N. Mexico: 93 (1848).
Larrea mexicana Moric. Pl. Nouv. Amér.: 71 (1839).
Larrea tridentata var. glutinosa (Engelm.) Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif.: 604 (1925).
Zygophyllum tridentatum DC. Prodr. 1: 706 (1824).
Covillea glutinosa (Engelm.) Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 25: 108 (1910).
Guaiacum mexicanum Baill. Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 886 (1884).
Larrea divaricata var. arenaria (L.D.Benson) Felger Fl. Gran Desierto & Río Colorado Northwest. Mexico: 467 (2000).
Larrea tridentata var. arenaria L.D.Benson in L.D.Benson & R.A.Darrow, Trees & Shrubs of Southw. Deserts, ed. 3: 123 (1981).
Larrea tridentata subsp. glutinosa (Engelm.) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 21 (1982).
Neoschroetera glutinosa (Engelm.) Briq. Candollea 2: 514 (1926).
Neoschroetera tridentata (DC.) Briq. Candollea 2: 514 (1926).
Schroeterella glutinosa (Engelm.) Briq. Veröff. Geobot. Inst. Rübel Zürich 3: 664 (1925).
Schroeterella tridentata (DC.) Briq. Veröff. Geobot. Inst. Rübel Zürich 3: 664 (1925).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Covillea tridentata (Sesse & Mocino ex DC.)Vahl	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Larrea divaricata Cav. tridentata (DC.)Felger & Lowe	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Larrea divaricata subsp. tridentata (DC.)Felger & Lowe	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Larrea glutinosa Engelm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Larrea mexicana Moric	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Larrea mexicana Moric.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Larrea tridentata	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Larrea tridentata (DC) Cav.	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
Larrea tridentata (DC.) Coville	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Larrea tridentata (DC.)Coville	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Larrea tridentata (Sesse & Moc. ex DC.) Coville	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Larrea tridentata (Sesse & Moc. ex DC.) Coville var. tridentata	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Larrea tridentata (Sesse & Mocino ex DC.)Coville	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Larrea tridentata (Sessé & Moc. ex DC.) Coville	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Larrea tridentata (Sessé & Moc. ex DC.) Coville var. tridentata	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Larrea tridentata (Sessé & Moç. ex DC.) Coville	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Larrea tridentata Cov. var. glutinosa Jepson	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Zygophyllum tridentatum Sesse & Mocino ex DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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