Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ilex paraguariensis A.St.-Hil. [Aquifoliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Ilex paraguariensis var. paraguariensis

Ilex paraguariensis var. sincorensis Loes.

Ilex paraguariensis var. vestita (Reissek) Loes.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
brazil tea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brazilian or paraguay tea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brazilian-tea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
caa-mirim	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
caá	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
chá dos jesuítas	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
congonha	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
erva mate	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
erva-mate	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
frunza mate	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
herba llicis paraguarensis	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ilex	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
ilex paraguariensis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
jesuit's brazil tea	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
jesuit's tea	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
list maté	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
liść ostrokrzewu paragwajskiego	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
mate	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
mate extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
mate folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
mate levél	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
mate tea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mate, folha	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
mateblad	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
mateblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
mateteestrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
matte	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
matè	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
maté	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
maté (feuille de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
maté leaf	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
maté vert	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
maté, blad	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
matės lapai	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
meti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paraguay tea	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
paraguayan-tea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
st bartholomew's tea	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
thé du paraguay	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
weraq tat-te’ tal-paragwaj	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
yerba mate	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
yerba mate tea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerba mate, hoja y tallo	Other	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
yerba maté	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
árbol del mate	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
φύλλo mατέ – eλαιoπρίνoυ του	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
лист от мате	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
folium		EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
Leaf		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
	extract	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf	vegetal drug, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Aerial parts, Leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
leaf, stem	dried leaves and stems, cut	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ilex paraguariensis var. genuina Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 304 (1901), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ilex paraguariensis	Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Ilex paraguariensis A. St. Hil.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Ilex paraguariensis A. St. Hil. var. paraguariensis	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
Ilex paraguariensis A. St. Hilaire	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ilex paraguariensis A.Saint-Hil.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Ilex paraguariensis A.St.-Hil.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ilex paraguariensis De Saint-Hilaire	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Ilex paraguariensis St. Hilaire	EMA Com. Monog.: Ilex paraguariensis, fol. (2008)
Ilex paraguariensis St.-Hil.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Ilex paraguariensis St.-Hill.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ilex paraguariensis St.Hil.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Ilex paraguensis St.Hil.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
llex paraguayensis St.Hil.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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