Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bidens bipinnata L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agulha-brava	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
arka-jhar	Other	Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013)
beggar tick	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
beggar-lice	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
beijo-de-moça	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bident bipenné	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
black fellows	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
black jack	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bur marigold	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
carrapicho	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
carrapicho-agulha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cobbler's pegs	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
exhomiseyile	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fiederblättriger zweizahn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
flikskära	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fura-capa	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
hemlock beggar-ticks	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herbe aiguille	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herbe à aiguilles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
monyane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
picão	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
pitchfork	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
po po zhen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spaanse knapsek?rel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
spanish blackjack	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
spanish needle	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
spanish needles	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spanish-needles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sweethearts	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ugcadolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
刺针草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鬼针草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bidens pilosa var. bipinnata (L.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 309 (1881).
Bidens wallichii DC. Prodr. 5: 598 (1836).
Bidens bipinnata var. biternatoides Sherff Bot. Gaz. 90: 397 (1930).
Bidens bipinnata var. minor Memm. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 30: 148 (1915).
Bidens bipinnata var. simplicior F.Muell. Fragm. 7: 40 (1869), nom. nud.
Bidens cicutifolia Tausch Flora 19: 395 (1836).
Bidens cynapiifolia var. portoricensis (Spreng.) O.E.Schulz in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 7: 131 (1911).
Bidens decomposita Wall. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 602 (1836).
Bidens elongata Tausch Flora 19: 395 (1836).
Bidens fervida Colla Herb. Pedem. 3: 306 (1834).
Bidens myrrhidifolia Tausch Flora 19: 394 (1836).
Bidens pilosa var. decomposita (Wall. ex DC.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 310 (1881).
Bidens portoricensis Spreng. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 601 (1836).
Kerneria bipinnata Gren. & Godr. Fl. France Corse 2: 169 (1850).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bidens bipinnata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Bidens bipinnata L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Bidens bipinnata Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Bidens pilosa L. bipinnata (L.)Hook.f.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bidens pilosa L. var. bipinnata (L.) Hook.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Bidens wallichii	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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