Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anador	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Pl. Med. e Relig. em Mercados no RJ, Brasil (de Azevedo & Silva, 2006)
angel of death	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
bolek hena	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
carmentine	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
carpintero	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
chambá	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) 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)
curia	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
curía	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
death-angel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
dianthera pectoralis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
freshcut	Other	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)
herbe au charpentier	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
justicia pectoralis folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
maroon freshcut	Other	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)
moradilla blanca	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
papa wiwiri	Other	Med. Pl. Use by Surinamese in Amsterdam (van Andel et al., 2007)
pawinti wiwiri	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
purple toyeau	Other	Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)
saucillo	Other	Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
tigresillo	Other	Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
toyeau	Other	Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992) Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)
trevo	Other	Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
yerba carpintero	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
z'herbe au charpoentier	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)

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 Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
leaves		Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
Branch		Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
leaves		Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Use by Surinamese in Amsterdam (van Andel et al., 2007)
folhas		Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
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.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) 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	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Med. Pl. Use by Surinamese in Amsterdam (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)
Justicia pectoralis Jacq.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008) Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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 (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016) 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) Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000) Pl. Med. e Relig. em Mercados no RJ, Brasil (de Azevedo & Silva, 2006) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: 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	Farmacop. Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)

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