Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pombalia calceolaria (L.) Paula-Souza [Violaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ipeca	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
ipecacoanha	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
ipepacoanha	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
purga do campo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hybanthus calceolaria (L.) Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 1376 (1841).
Hybanthus ipecacuanha (L.) Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 1375 (1841).
Ionidium ipecacuanha (L.) Vent. Jard. Malmaison: t. 27 (1803).
Calceolaria hirsuta Rusby Descr. S. Amer. Pl.: 60 (1920).
Calceolaria ipecacuanha (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 40 (1891).
Calceolaria villosissima (A.St.-Hil.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 41 (1891).
Hybanthus indecorus (A.St.-Hil.) Baill. Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 841 (1884).
Hybanthus procumbens Ule Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 230 (1908).
Hybanthus supinus Schulze-Menz Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 114 (1934).
Hybanthus villosissimus (A.St.-Hil.) Taub. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6): 333 (1895).
Ionidium calceolaria (L.) Vent. Jard. Malmaison: t. 27 (1803).
Ionidium indecorum A.St.-Hil. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 329 (1822).
Ionidium ipecacuanha var. glabrum Sims Bot. Mag. 51: t. 2453 (1823).
Ionidium ipecacuanha f. grandiflora Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 67 (1905).
Ionidium ipecacuanha var. pubescens Sims Bot. Mag. 51: t. 2453 (1823).
Ionidium itoubou Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 813 (1840), orth. var.
Ionidium itubu Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 380 (1823).
Ionidium loefflingianum Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 5: 396 (1819).
Ionidium villosissimum A.St.-Hil. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 11: 480 (1824).
Pombalia ipecacuanha Vand. Fasc. Pl.: 7 (1771).
Pombalia itoubou (Aubl.) Ging. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 307 (1824).
Solea calceolaria Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 1: 805 (1824).
Solea ipecacuanha Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 1: 805 (1824).
Solea itoubou Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 1: 805 (1824).
Viola calceolaria L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2.: 1327 (1763).
Viola ipecacuanha L. Mant. Pl. 2: 484 (1771).
Viola itoubou Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane: 808 (1775).
Viola loefflingiana Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 885 (1821), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hybanthus calceolaria (L.) Oken	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Hybanthus calceolaria (L.) Schulze-Menz	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Hybanthus ipecacuanha (L.) Baill.	Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Hybanthus ipecacuanha Bailon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Hybanthus ipecacuanha L.	SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Ionidium ipecacuanha	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Ionidium ipecacuanha Vent.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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