Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
besoarrot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bezoarwurz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
contra de cobra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
contra hierba	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
contrahierba	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
contrajerva	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
contrayerba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
contrayerva	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
herbe aux serpents	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herbe chapeau	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hierba de sapo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kambal jaw	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
racine de charchis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
schlangenwurz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
snakewort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tusilla	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
x kabal jaw	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
x kambal jaw	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
xkampajaw	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, roots		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dorstenia contrajerva var. houstonii L. Sp. Pl.: 121 (1753).
Dorstenia alexiteria L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 899 (1759).
Dorstenia contrajerva var. maculata (Verschaff.) Bureau in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 260 (1873).
Dorstenia contrajerva subsp. tenuiloba S.F.Blake Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 2 (1922).
Dorstenia contrajerva var. tenuiloba (S.F.Blake) Standl. & Steyerm. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 40 (1944).
Dorstenia houstonii (L.) L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 176 (1762).
Dorstenia maculata Verschaff. Nursery Cat. (Ambroise Verschaffelt) 69: 3 (1861).
Dorstenia palmata Willd. in J.A.Schultes & J.H.Schultes, Mant. 3: 317 (1827).
Dorstenia quadrangularis Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 338 (1812).
Dorstenia quadrangularis var. integrifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 339 (1812), nom. superfl.
Dorstenia quadrangularis var. pinnatifida Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 341 (1812).
Dorstenia quadrangularis var. sinuata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 339 (1812).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dorstenia contrajerva	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Dorstenia contrajerva L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) 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 contrajerva L. var. houstoni Bureau	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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