Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lepidaploa chalybaea (Mart. ex DC.) H.Rob. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balaio	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
ervanço	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Vernonia chalybaea Mart. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 54 (1836).
Cacalia chalybaea (Mart. ex DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 969 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lepidaploa chalybaea (Mart. ex DC.) H.Rob.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Vernonia chalybaea Mart. ex DC.	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

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