Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dorstenia brasiliensis Lam. [Moraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
brazilian dorstenia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
caapiá	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
carapiá	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
contra-erva	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
contrayerba	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
hediondito	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
higuerilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
taropá	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
taropé	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Leaf, Rhizome, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dorstenia amazonica Carauta, C.Valente & O.M.Barth Arq. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 23: 105 (1979).
Dorstenia brasiliensis f. balansae Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 11: 257 (1919 publ. 1920).
Dorstenia brasiliensis var. guaranitica Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 11: 257 (1919 publ. 1920).
Dorstenia brasiliensis var. major Chodat Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 350 (1903).
Dorstenia brasiliensis var. palustris Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 118 (1919).
Dorstenia brasiliensis var. tomentosa (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 118 (1919).
Dorstenia brasiliensis var. tubicina (Ruiz & Pav.) Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 11: 258 (1919 publ. 1920).
Dorstenia brasiliensis var. typica Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 118 (1919), not validly publ.
Dorstenia heringeri Carauta & C.Valente Bradea 2: 17 (1975).
Dorstenia infundibuliformis G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 20: ind. (1833).
Dorstenia montana Herzog Meded. Rijks-Herb. 27: 73 (1915).
Dorstenia montevidensis Fielding & Gardner Sert. Pl.: t. 13 (1843).
Dorstenia pernambucana Arruda in H.Koster, Trav. Brazil: 498 (1816).
Dorstenia placentoides Comm. ex Lam. Encycl. 2: 317 (1786).
Dorstenia sabanensis Cuatrec. Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 17: 93 (1956).
Dorstenia schulzii Carauta. C.Valente & Dunn de Arau Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 103: 173 (1976).
Dorstenia tomentosa Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 11: 61 (1846).
Dorstenia tubicina Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 1: 65 (1798).
Dorstenia tubicina var. genuina Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 121 (1919), not validly publ.
Dorstenia tubicina f. major (Chodat) Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 120 (1919).
Dorstenia tubicina f. subexcentrica Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 119 (1919).
Dorstenia tubicina f. typica Hassl. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 21: 120 (1919), not validly publ.
Dorstenia vilella Paiva Mem. Hist. Nat. Acad. Real. Ci. Lisboa 1: 64 (1790).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dorstenia brasiliensis	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Dorstenia brasiliensis Lam.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) 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)
Dorstenia brasiliensis Lamarck	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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