Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hebanthe erianthos (Poir.) Pedersen [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
brazilian ginseng	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hebante	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
para todo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pfaffia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
suma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hebanthe paniculata Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 43 (1826).
Pfaffia paniculata (Mart.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 542 (1891).
Celosia eriantha Vahl ex Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 386 (1849).
Gomphrena erianthos (Poir.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 386 (1849).
Gomphrena paniculata (Mart.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 385 (1849).
Gomphrena paniculata var. glabrata Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 192 (1875).
Gomphrena paniculata f. ovatifolia Heimerl Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 230 (1908).
Gomphrena paniculata var. pilosiuscula Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 386 (1849).
Hebanthe erianthos f. ovatifolia (Heimerl) Pedersen Bonplandia (Corrientes) 10: 102 (2000).
Hebanthe paniculata f. ovatifolia (Heimerl) Borsch & Pedersen Sendtnera 4: 19 (1997).
Hebanthe virgata Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 2: 45 (1826).
Iresine erianthos Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 180 (1813).
Iresine paniculata (Mart.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 103 (1827), nom. illeg.
Iresine tenuis Suess. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 323 (1934).
Iresine tenuis var. discolor Suess. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 323 (1934).
Iresine virgata Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 104 (1827).
Pfaffia erianthos (Poir.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 543 (1891).
Pfaffia laurifolia Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 287 (1926 publ. 1927).
Pfaffia laurifolia f. denticulata O.Stützer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 11 (1935).
Pfaffia laurifolia var. denticulata O.Stützer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 11 (1935).
Pfaffia paniculata var. bidentata O.Stützer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 14 (1935).
Pfaffia paniculata var. coronata O.Stützer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 14 (1935).
Pfaffia paniculata monstr. erianthos (Poir.) O.Stützer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 18 (1935), nom. superfl.
Pfaffia paniculata var. glabrata (Seub.) O.Stützer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 15 (1935).
Pfaffia paniculata var. intermedia O.Stützer Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 88: 16 (1935).
Pfaffia paniculata f. lanceolata R.E.Fr. Ark. Bot. 16(12): 6 (1920).
Pfaffia paniculata f. ovatifolia (Heimerl) R.E.Fr. Ark. Bot. 16(12): 6 (1920).
Pfaffia paniculata var. ovatifolia (Heimerl) R.E.Fr. Ark. Bot. 16(12): 6 (1920).
Pfaffia paraguayensis Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 270 (1926 publ. 1927).
Pfaffia paraguayensis var. laurifolia Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 283 (1926 publ. 1927), nom. nud.
Pfaffia paraguayensis var. typica Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 18: 283 (1926 publ. 1927), not validly publ.
Pfaffia reticulata var. strigulosa Suess. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 35: 333 (1934).
Xeraea paniculata (Mart.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 545 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hebanthe eriantha (Poir.) Pedersen	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) 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)
Hebanthe erianthos (Poir.) Pedersen	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Hebanthe paniculata Mart.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pfaffia paniculata (Mart.) Kuntze	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

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