Plant Details

Accepted name:: Struthanthus orbicularis (Kunth) Eichler [Loranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
god bush	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
standing ground	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, seed		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

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

Eichlerina orbicularis (Kunth) Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 175 (1895).
Loranthus chordocladus Oliv. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1864: 173 (1864).
Loranthus lucarquensis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 440 (1820).
Loranthus orbicularis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 434 (1820).
Notanthera orbicularis (Kunth) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 429 (1834).
Oryctanthus lucarquensis (Kunth) A.C.Sm. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 59: 516 (1932).
Phthirusa lucarquensis G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 421 (1834).
Phthirusa orbicularis (Kunth) Rusby ex De Wild. Pl. Nov. Hort. Then. 2: t. 74 (1909).
Struthanthus belizensis Lundell Lloydia 2: 81 (1939).
Struthanthus chordocladus (Oliv.) Eichler in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(2): 70 (1868).
Struthanthus escuintlensis Lundell Phytologia 2: 1 (1941).
Struthanthus lucarquensis (Kunth) J.F.Macbr. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 412 (1937).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Struthanthus orbicularis (Kunth) Blume	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Struthanthus orbicularis (Kunth) Eichler	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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