Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dianthera pectoralis (Jacq.) J.F.Gmel. [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anador	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
carmentine	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
chambá	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
curía	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
death-angel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
moradilla blanca	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
pawinti wiwiri	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
trevo	Other	Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
leaves		Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Justicia pectoralis Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 11 (1760).
Justicia pectoralis var. stenophylla Leonard Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 31: 615 (1958).
Ecbolium pectorale (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 487 (1891).
Ecbolium willdenowii Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 981 (1891).
Justicia pectoralis var. latifolia Bremek. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 45: 167 (1938).
Justicia pectoralis var. macrophyllus Durkee Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65: 223 (1978).
Justicia pectoralis var. ovata Wassh. Selbyana 2: 20 (1977).
Justicia procumbens T.Anderson ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 353 (1847), not validly publ.
Justicia stuebelii Lindau Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 378 (1896).
Leptostachya pectoralis (Jacq.) Nees & Mart. Flora 22(1 Beibl.): 8 (1839).
Psacadocalymma pectorale (Jacq.) Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 55 (1948).
Rhytiglossa pectoralis (Jacq.) Nees London J. Bot. 4: 637 (1845).
Rhytiglossa pectoralis var. monostachya Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 353 (1847).
Rhytiglossa scabra Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 354 (1847).
Stethoma pectoralis (Jacq.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 61 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dianthera pectoralis (Jacq.) J.F.Gmel.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Dianthera pectoralis Gmelin	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Justicia pectoralis Jacq.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Justicia pectoralis Jacq. var. stenophylla Leonard	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Justicia pectoralis Jacq.Chambá	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Justicia pectoralis var. stenophylla Leonard	Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)

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