Plant Details

Accepted name:: Boehmeria caudata Sw. [Urticaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ortiga	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
ramio tucumano	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
retama tucumana	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
rupa grande	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
sacha tabaco	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Boehmeria ampullacea Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 35 (1817).
Boehmeria arborescens Gardner London J. Bot. 1: 541 (1842).
Boehmeria arguta Mart. ex Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 186 (1853).
Boehmeria caudata var. arborescens (Gardner) Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 202 (1869).
Boehmeria caudata var. arguta (Mart. ex Miq.) Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 202 (1869).
Boehmeria caudata var. lanceolata Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 360 (1856).
Boehmeria caudata var. petiolaris (Kunth) Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 215 (1857).
Boehmeria caudata var. tomentosa Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 360 (1856).
Boehmeria flagelliformis Liebm. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh., ser. 5, 5: 310 (1851).
Boehmeria guatemalensis Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 287 (1919 publ. 1920).
Boehmeria palmeri S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 453 (1887).
Boehmeria peruviana Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 224 (1857).
Boehmeria petiolaris Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 36 (1817).
Boehmeria scabrella Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 215 (1857), pro syn.
Boehmeria sordida Rusby Descr. S. Amer. Pl.: 9 (1920).
Boehmeria stipulata Glaz. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 646 (1913), opus utique oppr.
Boehmeria tenuistachys Rusby Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 312 (1901).
Procris caudata (Sw.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 629 (1804).
Ramium ampullaceum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 632 (1891).
Ramium caudatum (Sw.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 631 (1891).
Urtica spicata Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 215 (1894), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Boehmeria caudata Sw.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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