Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pontederia azurea Sw. [Pontederiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
camalote	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
flor de agua	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flowers, Root and leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eichhornia azurea (Sw.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 129 (1843).
Eichhornia aquatica (Vell.) Schltdl. Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 6: 177 (1862).
Eichhornia azurea var. rhizantha Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 90 (1847).
Piaropus azureus (Sw.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 82 (1837).
Piaropus tricolor Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 81 (1837).
Piaropus undulatus Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 121 (1838).
Pontederia aquatica Vell. Fl. Flumin. 3: 144, t. 164 (1829).
Pontederia tumida Willd. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 129 (1843).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eichhornia azurea (Sw.) Kunth	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Eichnornia azurea (Sw)Ztze.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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