Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cuphea parsonsia (L.) R.Br. ex Steud. [Lythraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fine leaf strong back	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
strong back	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root/bush		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)

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

Cuphea grisebachiana Koehne in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 225 (1877).
Cuphea hyssopifolia Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 140 (1874), nom. illeg.
Cuphea parsonsia var. balsamonoides Koehne Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 83 (1907).
Cuphea parsonsia var. grisebachiana (Koehne) S.A.Graham Novon 15: 63 (2005).
Cuphea radicans Macfad. Fl. Jamaica 2: 37 (1850).
Lythrum hispanicum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768).
Lythrum parsonsia L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1045 (1759).
Melanium scabrum Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 455 (1825).
Parsonsia grisebachiana (Koehne) Jenn. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 11: 199 (1917).
Parsonsia herbacea J.St.-Hil. Expos. Fam. Nat. 2: 178 (1805).
Parsonsia parsonsia (L.) Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 12: 53 (1902), not validly publ.
Parsonsia prostrata Bertero ex DC. Prodr. 3: 86 (1828).
Parsonsia radicans Hitchc. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 87 (1892).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cuphea Parsonsia (L.) R.Br ex Steud.	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)

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