Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv. [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
corrente	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
jacob s coat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
joseph's coat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keramak bunga	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keremak merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
parrot leaf	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
quebra-panela	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
red fine leaf	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
selasih dani	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Achyranthes ficoidea (L.) Lam. Encycl. 1: 548 (1785).
Alternanthera tenella Colla Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 33: 131 (1829).
Alternanthera brachiata Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 304 (1849).
Alternanthera diffusa (Mart.) Schacht Lehrb. Anat. Physiol. Gew. 2: 259 (1859).
Alternanthera ficoidea var. brachiata (Moq.) Uline & W.L.Bray Bot. Gaz. 20: 435 (1895).
Alternanthera ficoidea var. diffusa (Mart.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 539 (1891).
Alternanthera ficoidea var. erecta (Mart.) Pedersen Darwiniana 14: 434 (1967).
Alternanthera ficoidea var. radicans (Mart.) Pedersen Darwiniana 14: 434 (1967).
Alternanthera polygonoides var. diffusa (Mart.) Hicken Chlor. Plat. Argent.: 95 (1910).
Alternanthera polygonoides var. ficoidea (L.) M.Gómez Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 313 (1896).
Alternanthera polygonoides var. glabrescens Gris Fl. Brit. W. I.: 67 (1859).
Alternanthera polygonoides var. radicans (Mart.) M.Gómez Anales Inst. Segunda Enseñ. 2: 313 (1896).
Alternanthera triandra Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 33 (1821).
Bucholzia brachiata Schrad. ex Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 173 (1875).
Bucholzia diffusa Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: t. 149 (1826).
Bucholzia ficoidea (L.) Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 52 (1826).
Bucholzia polygonoides var. diffusa Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 51 (1826).
Bucholzia polygonoides var. erecta Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 51 (1826).
Bucholzia polygonoides var. radicans Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 51 (1826).
Gomphrena ficoidea L. Sp. Pl.: 225 (1753).
Illecebrum ficoideum (L.) L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 300 (1762).
Illecebrum tenellum (Colla) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 355 (1849).
Paronychia ficoidea (L.) Desf. Tabl. École Bot.: 44 (1804).
Paronychia tenella (Colla) Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 407 (1829).
Steiremis ficoidea (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 41 (1837).
Telanthera ficoidea (L.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 363 (1849).
Telanthera polygonoides var. brachiata Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 364 (1849).
Telanthera polygonoides var. diffusa (Mart.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 364 (1849).
Telanthera polygonoides var. radicans (Mart.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 364 (1849).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Achyranthes ficoidea Lam.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv.	Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Alternanthera ficoidea R. Br.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Alternanthera tenella Colla	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)

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