Plant Details

Accepted name:: Scoparia dulcis L. [Plantaginaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aathusirumalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
achilabri	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
amarga	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
amepah padang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
anisillo	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
balai doux	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) 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 Pharmacop. (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	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bonsini	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
broom weed	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (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)
bunyiga	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
bīng táng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cam thảo nam	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
cancharagua	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
cha padang	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chini jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chini mran	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chinijhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dana-thuka	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
dar-na-thu-kha	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
dhonia	Other	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015)
enugbe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
escoba lisa	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
escobilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. 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)
ghodaa-tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ginje jepun	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ginje menir	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
goatweed	Other	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
gàng bén	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 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)
jastimadhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jiǎ gān cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiǔ yō	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
kaattumalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadkothimbiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keman	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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 Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
madhukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maduey duey	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
man	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
manithumbe gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mastuerzo	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mirmire jhar	Other	Pl. & 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	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nu bge	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
nyanko son somina	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
nyinanyina	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
oguan nkyene	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
onyame ko metiri	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
orandara	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
paraguay	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
pokok dalis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pokok delis	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pokok kelambu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
potti boli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rauma fada	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
rempah padang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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 Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
saang-kabayo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
salle jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sampalokan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sarakkotthini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
scoparia-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shuoblo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
shuobuolo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
sibiwiwiri	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
sibiwiwiri whole herb	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
sirsaika	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
sur'prejsi	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
sweet broom	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sweet broom weed	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sweet broomweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sweet-broom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sweet-scented broom	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
sweetbroom	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sì shí chá	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tapeiçava	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tapixaba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
teatina	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
teh makao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
thagya-bin	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
toothbrush	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
tupixava	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
typy cha-curatu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tǔ gān cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ugandala	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
vassourinha	Other	Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Bioprospection, Cerrado, Brazil (Alves Ribeiro et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Carrasco, Brazil (Dias Souza et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
vassourinha de benzer	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
vassourinha-de-nossa-senhora	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
vassourinha-doce	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vassourinha-miúda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vivima te	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
vivimantéton	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
wal koththamalli	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
walkoth-thamalli	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
wild coriandum	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
wild rice	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
yě gān cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhu zai cao	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhū zǐ cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ñucño pichana	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
ñukñuk pichana	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
假甘草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
冰糖草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
四時茶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
土甘草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
珠子草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野甘草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
whole plant		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Leaves, Roots, Seeds, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Whole plant, leaf, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves, entire plant	fresh leaves, fresh entire plant	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
whole plant	dry whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leafy stem		Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012)
entire plant		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
leaves, root, stem		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole plant		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
whole plant	fresh whole plant	Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012)
root		Med. Pl. Bioprospection, Cerrado, Brazil (Alves Ribeiro et al., 2014)
root		Med. Pl. of Carrasco, Brazil (Dias Souza et al., 2014)
root		Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
whole plant, including the roots		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Twig		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
leaf	dried leaves	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (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. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
entire plant, root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (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) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. Méd. Vendues dans le Marché, Bénin (Adomou et al., 2012) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Scoparia dulcis (L.)	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
Scoparia dulcis L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Ghana’s Herbal Market (van Andel et al., 2012) Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Bioprospection, Cerrado, Brazil (Alves Ribeiro et al., 2014) 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. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of Carrasco, Brazil (Dias Souza et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Scoparia dulcis L..	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Scoparia dulcis Linn	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
Scoparia dulcis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Scoparia dulcis Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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