Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavi maamena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ataka maamidi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bejuco jimagua	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
calalu	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
erect spiderling	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
kachouwey	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
kachu ayi	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
katchu awi	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
mkwakwara	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
parra cimarrona	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
punarnava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talutama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tar vine	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
tavilama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thella attikimaamidi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant	dry whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Boerhavia atomaria Raf. Autik. Bot.: 40 (1840).
Boerhavia discolor Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 215 (1818).
Boerhavia elongata Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 56 (1796), nom. superfl.
Boerhavia erecta f. subepunctata Heimerl Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 14 (1928).
Boerhavia erecta var. thornberi (M.E.Jones) Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 381 (1909).
Boerhavia glutinosa Miers ex Bertero Mercurio Chileno: 596 (1829), nom. illeg.
Boerhavia lateriflora Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 426 (1911).
Boerhavia paniculata var. subacuta Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 451 (1849).
Boerhavia scabrida Steud. & Hochst. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 218 (1840).
Boerhavia thornberi M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 12: 72 (1908).
Boerhavia virgata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 215 (1818).
Senkenbergia erecta (L.) Hook.f. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 3: 6 (1880).
Valeriana latifolia M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(1): 124 (1844).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Boerhaavia erecta	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Boerhaavia erecta Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Boerhaavia erecta Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Boerhavia erecta	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Boerhavia erecta L.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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