Plant Details

Accepted name:: Spiranthera odoratissima A.St.-Hil. [Rutaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cheirosa	Other	Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001)
manacá	Other	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Spiranthera leopoldiana Bamps & A.Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 54: 483 (1984).
Spiranthera odoratissima var. grandiflora Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 88 (1874).
Terpnanthus jasminoides Nees & Mart. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 11: 178 (1823).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Spiranthera odoratissima A. St. Hill.	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004)
Spiranthera odoratissima A. St.-Hil.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Spiranthera odoratissima A.St.-Hil.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Spiranthera odoratissima A.St.Hil.	Pl. Med. Brasil (Ribeiro Silva et al., 2001)

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