Plant Details

Accepted name:: Anoda cristata (L.) Schltdl. [Malvaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alache	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
amapola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
anoda-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
crested anoda	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
glansmalva	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malva	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
malva cimarrona	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
malva de castilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malvavisco	Other	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
pie de gallo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quesitos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spurred anoda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
violeta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
violettas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
Flowers, Fresh branches + leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anoda hastata Cav. Diss. 1: 39 (1785).
Anoda lavateroides Medik. Malvenfam.: 19 (1787), nom. superfl.
Anoda triangularis (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) DC. Prodr. 1: 459 (1824).
Anoda acerifolia var. minoriflora Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 51 (1916).
Anoda arizonica A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 298 (1887).
Anoda arizonica var. digitata A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 298 (1887).
Anoda brachyantha Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Exot. 1: 24 (1824).
Anoda cristata var. albiflora Heuchr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 48 (1916).
Anoda cristata var. brachyantha (Rchb.) Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 47 (1916).
Anoda cristata var. digitata (A.Gray) Heuchr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 47 (1916).
Anoda cristata var. typica Hochr. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 46 (1916), not validly publ.
Anoda dilleniana Cav. Diss. 1: 40 (1785).
Anoda fernandeziana Steud. Flora 39: 437 (1856).
Anoda incarnata Spreng. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 100 (1840).
Anoda populifolia Phil. Linnaea 28: 313 (1856).
Anoda triangularis var. digitata (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. in A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(1): 319 (1897).
Anoda triloba Cav. Diss. 1: 39 (1785).
Cavanillea hastata (Cav.) Medik. Malvenfam.: 19 (1787).
Sida centrota Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 259 (1827).
Sida cristata L. Sp. Pl.: 685 (1753).
Sida deltoidea Hornem. Enum. Pl. Hort. Hafn.: 36 (1807).
Sida dilleniana (Cav.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 764 (1800).
Sida hastata (Cav.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 763 (1800).
Sida hastata Sims Bot. Mag. 37: t. 1541 (1813), nom. illeg.
Sida mexicana Scop. Delic. Fl. Faun. Insubr. 1: 22 (1786).
Sida quinqueangulata D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 4: 857 (1846).
Sida quinqueloba Moc. & Sessé Naturaleza (Mexico City), ser. 2, 1(App.): 10 (1887), nom. illeg.
Sida quinqueloba DC. Prodr. 1: 459 (1824).
Sida suberosa Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 775 (1821), not validly publ.
Sida triangularis Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Enum. Pl.: 725 (1809).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anoda cristata	Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Anoda cristata (L.) Schldl	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Anoda cristata (L.) Schlecht.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Anoda cristata (L.) Schltdl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Anoda cristata L. Schl.	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
Anoda hastata Cavara	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Anoda lavaterioides	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Anoda triangularis DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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