Plant Details

Accepted name:: Malachra alceifolia Jacq. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
malva	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
marupa	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
slimey bush	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Malachra alceifolia var. conglomerata (Turcz.) Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 149 (1917).
Malachra alceifolia f. glabra Gürke in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 462 (1892).
Malachra alceifolia f. hispida Gürke in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 462 (1892).
Malachra alceifolia f. hispidissima Gürke in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 462 (1892).
Malachra alceifolia var. rotundifolia (Schrank) Gürke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 351 (1892).
Malachra alceifolia var. typica Gürke in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(3): 461 (1892), not validly publ.
Malachra capitata var. albiflora Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 80 (1859).
Malachra conglomerata Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 205 (1858).
Malachra hispida Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City), ser. 2, 1(App.): 110 (1889), nom. illeg.
Malachra hispida Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 47 (1831).
Malachra officinalis Klotzsch Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 4: 107 (1846), nom. Subnud.
Malachra rotundifolia Schrank Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac.: t. 56 (1820).
Urena capitata var. alceifolia (Jacq.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 219 (1890).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Malachra alceifolia Jacq.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Malachra alceifolia Jacquin	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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