Plant Details

Accepted name:: Orthosiphon aristatus var. aristatus [Lamiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies of:: Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barbiflora	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
cat's whisker	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cat's whiskers	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
daun kumis kucing	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008)
east indian kidney tree	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ekstrak kental daun kumis kucing	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
folia orthosiphonis staminei	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
huashicao	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
huà shí cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
java tea	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) EMA Com. Monog.: Orthosiphon stamineus, fol. (2009) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kidney tea plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kumis kuching	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kumis kucing	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kumis kutjing	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kumisu-kutin	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
misai kucing	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mutri-tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
māo xū cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
māo xū gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
māo xū gōng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nha nouat meo	Other	Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
nha nuat meo	Other	Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014)
orthosiphon	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
orthosiphonblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
orthosiphonis folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
orthosiphonis staminei folii extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
orthosiphonis staminei folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008)
orthosipnonis stamini folium	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Orthosiphon stamineus, fol. (2009)
remujung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
remuk jung	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ruku hutan	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shen cha	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shèn chá	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yuán zhuī zhí guǎn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
化石草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
圓錐直管草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
猫须公	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
猫须根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
猫须草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
肾茶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
腎茶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
貓鬚公	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
貓鬚草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, stem top		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
flowering tops, leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
folium		EMA Com. Monog.: Orthosiphon stamineus, fol. (2009)
leaves, tops of stems	fragmented dried leaves	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Whole plant		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014)
leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
leaf, stem	fragmented, dried leaves and tops of stem	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
leaf, top of stem	fragmented, dried leaves and tops of stems	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
leaf, top of stem	Fragmented, dried leaves and tops of stems	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C.Y.Wu Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 233 (1974).
Clerodendrum spicatum Thunb. Fl. Jav.: 22 (1825).
Orthosiphon grandiflorus Bold. Zakfl. Java: 110 (1916), nom. illeg.
Orthosiphon spicatus (Thunb.) Backer, Bakh.f. & Steenis Blumea 6: 359 (1950), nom. illeg.
Orthosiphon spiralis (Lour.) Merr. Lingnaam Agric. Rev. 2: 137 (1925).
Orthosiphon stamineus Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 15 (1830).
Clerodendranthus stamineus (Benth.) Kudô Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2: 117 (1929).
Ocimum grandiflorum Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 835 (1826), nom. illeg.
Orthosiphon tagawae Murata Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 24: 110 (1970).
Orthosiphon velteri Doan in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 4: 936 (1936), no Latin descr.
Trichostema spirale Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 371 (1790), nom. rej.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C. Y. Wu	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C. Y. Wu ex H. W. Li	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C. Y. Wu ex H. Wi	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C.Y. Wu	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C.Y.Wu	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C.Y.Wu ex H.W.Li	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Clerodendranthus spicatus (Thunb.) C.y. Wu Ex H.w. Li	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Clerodendranthusspicattus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Clerodendron spicatus Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Orthosiphon aristatus var. aristatus	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
Orthosiphon aristatus var. aristatus (Blume) Miq.	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Orthosiphon grandiflorus BOLDIN.	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Orthosiphon grandiflorus Boldingh	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Orthosiphon grandiflorus Boldingh.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Orthosiphon spicatus (Thunberg) Baker	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Orthosiphon spiralis	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Orthosiphon spiralis (Lour) Merr.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Orthosiphon stamineus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Orthosiphon stamineus Benth.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Orthosiphon stamineus, fol. (2009) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of Lao P.D.R. (Sydara et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trade Liberal. in Med. Pl. & Spices, Lao (Sydara, 2007)
Orthosiphon stamineus Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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