Plant Details

Accepted name:: Muehlenbeckia sagittifolia (Ortega) Meisn. [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
zarzaparrilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
zarzaparrilla colorada	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts, Dried leaf + root, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calacinum sagittifolium (Ortega) J.F.Macbr. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4: 116 (1927).
Coccoloba dioica Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 390 (1840), not validly publ.
Coccoloba sagittata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 64 (1804).
Coccoloba sagittifolia Ortega Nov. Pl. Descr. Dec.: 60 (1798).
Karkinetron hastatum Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 11 (1837).
Menispermum sagittatum (Ortega) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 155 (1825).
Muehlenbeckia ribesioides (C.Huber) Anon. Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 4: 83 (1879).
Polygonum acetosifolium Vent. Descr. Pl. Nouv.: t. 88 (1802).
Polygonum ribesioides C.Huber Nursery Cat. (Charles Huber Bros. and Co.) 1875(Cat. Végét.): 14 (1875).
Polygonum sagittifolium (Ortega) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 269 (1898).
Sarcogonum sagittifolium (Ortega) Samp. Herb. Port.: 41 (1913).
Uvifera dioeca Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 561 (1891), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Muehlenbeckia sagittifolia (Ort.) Meissn.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Muehlenbeckia sagittifolia (Ortega) Meisn.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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