Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tradescantia zebrina Bosse [Commelinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Tradescantia zebrina var. flocculosa (G.Brückn.) D.R.Hunt

Tradescantia zebrina var. mollipila D.R.Hunt

Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
calcio	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
inchplant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
marianinha	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
mubindisa	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
purple grass	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
trapoeraba	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
wandering jew	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zebrina	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf, flower		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
entire plant		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
whole plant		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
entire plant		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
entire plant		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyanotis zebrina (Bosse) Nees Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1850: 3 (1851).
Commelina zebrina (Bosse) André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 145 (1866).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cyanotis zebrina Nees	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Tradescantia zebrina	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Tradescantia zebrina Bosse	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tradescantia zebrina Heynh.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Tradescantia zebrina Heynh. ex Bosse	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Tradescantia zebrina Hort. ex Bosse	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

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