Plant Details

Accepted name:: Boerhavia coccinea Mill. [Nyctaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
batata-de-porco	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
bredo de porco	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
erva tostão	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
itsit	Other	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
kakawiedwe	Other	Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
pega pinto	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
pega-pinto	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
punernava	Other	Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013)
tangaraca	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
leaf		Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
leaf	leaf juice	Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013)
root	vegetal drug, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 34 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Boerhavia diffusa var. hirsuta Heimerl Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 9 (1888).
Boerhavia hirsuta Jacq. Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 3 (1770), nom. superfl.
Boerhavia adscendens var. pubescens Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 451 (1849).
Boerhavia agglutinans Batt. & Trab. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 247 (1913).
Boerhavia bracteata T.Cooke Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 421 (1910).
Boerhavia caribaea Jacq. Observ. Bot. 4: 5 (1771).
Boerhavia coccinea var. paniculata (Kuntze) Moscoso Cat. Fl. Domingensis 1: 180 (1943).
Boerhavia coccinea f. parcehirsuta Heimerl in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 7: 212 (1912).
Boerhavia coccinea var. pubescens (Choisy) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XX (1969).
Boerhavia coccinea var. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Moscoso Cat. Fl. Domingensis 1: 180 (1943).
Boerhavia diffusa Sw. Observ. Bot.: 10 (1791).
Boerhavia diffusa f. crassifolia Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 92 (1926).
Boerhavia diffusa var. hirta Balle Fl. Congo Belge 1: 85 (1951), no Latin descr.
Boerhavia diffusa var. obtusifolia Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 452 (1849).
Boerhavia diffusa var. paniculata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 533 (1891).
Boerhavia diffusa var. undulata (Asch. & Schweinf.) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXI (1969).
Boerhavia diffusa var. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Heimerl Beitr. Syst. Nyctag.: 27 (1897).
Boerhavia diffusa var. xerophila Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 92 (1926).
Boerhavia glandulosa Andersson Galapagos Veg.: 64 (1854).
Boerhavia ixodes Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 423 (1911).
Boerhavia marlothii Heimerl Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 9 (1888).
Boerhavia nantocana Schauer Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 403 (1843).
Boerhavia obtusifolia Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 10 (1791).
Boerhavia patula Dombey ex Vahl Enum. Pl. 1: 287 (1804).
Boerhavia polymorpha Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 105 (1792).
Boerhavia ramulosa M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 10: 40 (1902).
Boerhavia reboudiana Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 335 (1875).
Boerhavia repens var. undulata Asch. & Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867).
Boerhavia repens subsp. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Maire Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 3: 88 (1933).
Boerhavia sonorae Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 111 (1891).
Boerhavia squamata Raf. Autik. Bot.: 40 (1840).
Boerhavia viscosa Lag. & Rodr. Anales Ci. Nat. 4: 256 (1801).
Boerhavia viscosa subsp. apiculata Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 383 (1909).
Boerhavia viscosa f. oligadena Heimerl Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 87 (1903).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Boerhaavia coccinea Mill.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Boerhaavia diffusa var. hirsuta Kuntze	Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013)
Boerhavia coccinea	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Boerhavia coccinea Miller	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Boerhavia hirsuta	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Boerhavia hirsuta Jacq.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Borhaevia coccinia	Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)

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