Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mutisia retrorsa Cav. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
flor de estrella virreina	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
flor de granada	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
granadilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
virreina	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Guariruma retrorsum (Cav.) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 33: 472 (1824).
Mutisia retrorsa var. latifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 164 (1898).
Mutisia retrorsa var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 164 (1898).
Mutisia runcinata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 2069 (1803).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mutisia retrorsa	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Mutisia retrorsa Cav.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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