Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hydrocotyle vulgaris L. [Araliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
po-he-po-he	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hydrocotyle peltata Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 159 (1796), nom. superfl.
Hydrocotyle pleiantha Ces. Linnaea 11: 313 (1837).
Hydrocotyle schkuhriana Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 482 (1832).
Hydrocotyle vulgaris var. microphylla Lange Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1865: 30 (1866).
Hydrocotyle vulgaris subsp. pleiantha (Ces.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 262 (1882).
Hydrocotyle vulgaris var. umbrosa Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 298 (1827).
Hydrocotyle vulgaris var. vulgaris Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 1: 356 (1826), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hydrocotyle poltata	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Hydrocotyle vulgaris	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Hydrocotyle vulgaris L.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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