Plant Details

Accepted name:: Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult. [Caryophyllaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ahuachpatli	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
airylot	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
appetit marron	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
bat-nongrim	Other	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang et al., 2005)
batanijhar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buttonweed	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
chuàn qián cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cordão-de-sapo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
drymaria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erva-de-estrela	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
false chickweed	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hé lián dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ispara	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
ispara saika	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
jaboticaá	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
kimpanda mpanda	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
lukti jhar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mastruço-do-brejo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
matemaco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mourron blanc	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
petit mourron	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pithpapra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qīng qián cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sadhab	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shady drymaria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shuǐ hé lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shuǐ qīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sumu mairen	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
sumu marien	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
tropical chickweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
west indian chickweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white snow	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
whitesnow	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yerba de estrella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
串钱草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
水荷兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
水青	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
荷莲豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
青钱草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plants		Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang et al., 2005)
whole plant		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf, whole plant		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alsine media Vell. Fl. Flumin. 3: 127, t. 106 (1829), nom. illeg.
Alsine rotundifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 537 (1812), nom. superfl.
Alsine rotundifolia (Poir.) Macloskie Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8: 387 (1905), nom. illeg.
Bufonia rotundifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 235 (1840), not validly publ.
Cerastium cordatum (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 400 (1766).
Cerastium cordifolium Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 458 (1824).
Drymaria adenophora Urb. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 213 (1925).
Drymaria cordata var. diandra (Sw.) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 56 (1859).
Drymaria cordata var. pacifica Mizush. J. Jap. Bot. 32: 78 (1957).
Drymaria cordata var. puberula Triana & Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 17: 148 (1862).
Drymaria diandra (Sw.) Macfad. Fl. Jamaica 1: 52 (1837), nom. illeg.
Drymaria procumbens Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 304 (1895).
Drymaria rotundifolia (Poir.) Har. J. Bot. (Morot) 14: 150 (1900), nom. illeg.
Drymaria sessilifolia Fiori Anal. Bot. Fieni Imp. (VIII Congr. Internaz. Agric. Trop. e Subtrop. IV-A, No.(92)): 20 (1939).
Holosteum cordatum L. Sp. Pl.: 88 (1753).
Holosteum diandrum Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 27 (1788).
Loeflingia renifolia Lag. Gen. Sp. Pl.: 2 (1816).
Stellaria adenophora (Urb.) León Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio "De La Salle" 9: 4 (1950).
Stellaria cordata Willd. ex D.F.K.Schltdl. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 7: 197 (1816).
Stellaria rotundifolia Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 416 (1806).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Drymaria codata	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Drymaria cordata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. Ex R & S	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. Ex Schult.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Roem. et Schult.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd.ex Roem & Schult	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang et al., 2005)
Drymaria cordata (Linn.) Willd.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Drymaria cordata (Linnaeus) Willdenow ex Roemer & Schultes	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Drymaria cordata WILLD.	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Drymaria cordata Willd.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Drymeria cordata Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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