Plant Details

Accepted name:: Elephantopus mollis Kunth [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cow tongue	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
cucha-cara	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's grandmother	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
elephant foot	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
elephant's foot	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
elephant's-foot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
elephantopus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
erva grossa	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
false tobacco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
faux tabac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
iron weed	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
lengua de vaca	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
língua de vaca	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
pé de elefante	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
soft elephantsfoot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sueldaconsuela	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tobacco weed	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tobacco-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
yerba de caballo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bush		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
leaf		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Dried aerial parts, Fresh leaf + root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Elephantopus carolinensis G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 256, 313 (1818).
Elephantopus carolinianus Willd. Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 3: 2390 (1803), nom. illeg.
Elephantopus carolinianus var. mollis (Kunth) Beurlin Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1854: 134 (1854).
Elephantopus cernuus Vall. Fl. Flumin. 8: t. 148 (1829).
Elephantopus cervinus Vell. Fl. Flumin. 8: t. 148 (1829).
Elephantopus dilatatus Gleason Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 240 (1906).
Elephantopus hypomalacus S.F.Blake Contr. Gray Herb. 52: 20 (1917).
Elephantopus martii Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1830(Jan.-March): 378 (1830).
Elephantopus mollis var. bracteosus Domin Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 62 (1930).
Elephantopus mollis var. capitulatus Domin Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 62 (1930).
Elephantopus pilosus Philipson J. Bot. 77: 314 (1939).
Elephantopus scaber var. albiflorus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 335 (1891).
Elephantopus sericeus Graham Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1831(Jan.-March): 373 (1831).
Elephantopus serratus Blanco Fl. Filip.: 635 (1837).
Elephantopus sordidus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 212 (1796).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Elephantopus mollis	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Elephantopus mollis H.B. & K.	Fijian Medicinal Plants (Cambie & Ash, 1994)
Elephantopus mollis H.B.K.	Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Elephantopus mollis HBK.	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Elephantopus mollis Kunth	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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