Plant Details

Accepted name:: Scoparia dulcis L. [Plantaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aathusirumalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amarga	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
anisillo	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
balai doux	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
bichhu ghas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bitter broom	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bitter-broom	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
boner dhonia	Other	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
bonphula	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
broom weed	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
broomweed	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
brum sirpi	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
brum tahplira	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
chini jhar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chini mran	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chinijhar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dhonia	Other	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015)
enugbe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
escoba lisa	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
escobilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
famafantsambo	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
famafatsambo	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
flor de casamiento	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
goatweed	Other	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
gàng bén	Other	Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
haraspata	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
herbe du vent	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
herbe tourterelle	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
hiel de tierra	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
hierba de dolor	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
jamala koko	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
jiǔ yō	Other	Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
kaattumalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadkothimbiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kyesekyese	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
lerb divan	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
lerb toutrel	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
licorice weed	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
man	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
manithumbe gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirmire jhar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mrigandhi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mrugandhi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nang	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nu bge	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nyanko son somina	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
nyinanyina	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
oguan nkyene	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
onyame ko metiri	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
paraguay	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
potti boli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rauma fada	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ri haráchan	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
rice weed	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
roma fada	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
salle jhar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sarakkotthini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
scoparia-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
shuoblo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
shuobuolo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
sirsaika	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
sur'prejsi	Other	Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
sweet broom	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sweet broom weed	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sweet-broom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tapeiçava	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tapixaba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
teatina	Other	Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
toothbrush	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
tupixava	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
vassourinha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
vassourinha-doce	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
vassourinha-miúda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
wal koththamalli	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
wild coriandum	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
wild rice	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
ñucño pichana	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
ñukñuk pichana	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant		Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
whole plant		Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
Leaves, Roots, Seeds, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole plant, including the roots		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
leaf	dried leaves	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
leaf, whole plant, root		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
entire plant, root		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
entire plant, root		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf, root, whole plant		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

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

Ambulia micrantha (Nutt.) Raf. Autik. Bot.: 44 (1840).
Capraria dulcis (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 459 (1891).
Capraria dulcis var. albiflora Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 230 (1898).
Capraria dulcis var. coerulea Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 230 (1898).
Gratiola micrantha Nutt. Amer. J. Sci. Arts 5: 287 (1822).
Scoparia dulcis var. abrahamii S.N.Pardeshi & Srinivasu Nelumbo 51: 231 (2009).
Scoparia dulcis var. australiensis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 1152 (1929).
Scoparia dulcis var. tenuifolia Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 427 (1862).
Scoparia dulcis var. typica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 1151 (1929), not validly publ.
Scoparia fruticosa Rottb. Acta Lit. Univ. Hafn. 1: 286 (1778).
Scoparia grandiflora Nash Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 105 (1896).
Scoparia gypsophyloides Walp. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 394 (1843).
Scoparia procumbens Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 12 (1760).
Scoparia purpurea Ridl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 27: 51 (1890).
Scoparia ternata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 31 (1775).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Scoparia dulcis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Scoparia dulcis L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013) Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Scoparia dulcis Linn	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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