Plant Details

Accepted name:: Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew [Urticaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ishanga	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
ortiga-vermelha	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
urtiga-vermelha	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
urtigão	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
west indian woodnettle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

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

Fleurya aestuans (L.) Gaudich. Voy. Uranie: 497 (1830).
Fleurya aestuans var. glandulosa (Wedd.) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 112 (1856).
Fleurya aestuans var. linnaeana Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 72 (1869), not validly publ.
Fleurya aestuans var. petiolata (Decne.) Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 72 (1869).
Fleurya aestuans var. racemosa (Burm. ex Wedd.) Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 72 (1869).
Fleurya aestuans var. tuberculata (Andersson) Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 72 (1869).
Fleurya caravellana (Schrank) Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 18: 204 (1852).
Fleurya cordata Gaudich. Voy. Uranie: 498 (1830).
Fleurya corylifolia Gaudich. Voy. Uranie: 498 (1830).
Fleurya cymosa (Hassk.) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 113 (1856).
Fleurya glandulosa Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 18: 205 (1852).
Fleurya ingrata Miq. in H.Zollinger, Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 2: 103 (1854).
Fleurya lurida Blume Mus. Bot. 2: xxi (1856).
Fleurya perrieri Leandri Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 6, 7-8: 16 (1950).
Fleurya petiolata Decne. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 490 (1834).
Fleurya racemosa Gaudich. Voy. Uranie: 497 (1830).
Fleuryopsis petiolata (Decne.) Opiz Lotos 3: 240 (1853).
Laportea bathiei Leandri Fl. Madagasc. 56: 10 (1965).
Laportea glandulosa (Wedd.) V.C.Lima Prog. Resum. Soc. Bot. Brasil 36: 362 (1985), without basionym ref.
Urera gaudichaudiana Hensl. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 341 (1838).
Urtica aestuans L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1396 (1763).
Urtica caravellana Schrank Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac.: t. 82 (1821).
Urtica corylifolia Juss. ex Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 226 (1816).
Urtica cymosa Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar.: 200 (1848).
Urtica divaricata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 160 (1775), sensu auct.
Urtica divergens G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 264 (1818).
Urtica hirsuta Vahl Symb. Bot. 1: 77 (1790).
Urtica latifolia Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 113 (1792).
Urtica nemorosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 42 (1817).
Urtica petiolata Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 735 (1841), not validly publ.
Urtica racemosa Burm. ex Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 112 (1856), not validly publ.
Urtica schimperiana Hochst. ex Steud. Flora 33: 259 (1850).
Urtica tuberculata Andersson Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 159 (1855).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fleurya aestuans	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Fleurya aestuans (L.) Gaud.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Fleurya aestuans (Linn.) Miq.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Fleurya aestuans Gaud.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Lapoprtea aestuans (L.)	Trad. Med. of Bantu, Beni & Lubero (Kasika et al., 2014)
Laportea aestuana	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Laportea aestuans	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew.	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Laportea aestuans (L.)Chew	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Laportea aestuans (Linn.) Chew	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Laportea aestuans Chevalier	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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