Plant Details

Accepted name:: Capraria biflora L. [Scrophulariaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Capraria biflora subsp. biflora

Capraria biflora subsp. havanensis Tzvelev

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bhuyara	Other	Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992) Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)
capraire	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
capraria biflora whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
chokuilxiw	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
chá-da-calçada	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
claudiosa	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
esclabiosa	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
feregosa	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
fregosa	Other	Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)
goatweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
hierba té	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
nigger broom	Other	Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)
nigger-broom	Other	Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)
pasmo	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
santa maria	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
simerodan	Other	Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)
suisse	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
te criollo	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
the de st domingue	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
the du mexique	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
the indigene	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
the pays	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
té del país	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
west indian tea	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
wild tea	Other	Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992) Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
entire plant	young plant	Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)
branches		Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Capraria biflora	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Capraria biflora L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Capraria biflora Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Capraria biflora Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)

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