Plant Details

Accepted name:: Emilia coccinea (Sims) G.Don [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alomyu	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
dente-de-leão	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
emilie cucolie écarlate	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
feuilles de brousse	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
l'oreille du chien	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
lodimu la mbwa	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mibeles	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
nkofi masa	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
pincel	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
yellow tasselflower	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
zima tiya	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
止血丹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
entire plant		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
entire plant		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Emilia flammea Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 14: 406 (1819).
Emilia sagittata DC. Prodr. 6: 302 (1838), nom. superfl.
Cacalia coccinea Sims Bot. Mag. 16: t. 564 (1802).
Cacalia tenuissima Bojer Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. île Maurice 6: 27 (1835).
Emilia caespitosa Oliv. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 100 (1873).
Emilia gracilis DC. Prodr. 6: 303 (1838).
Emilia humbertii Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 102 (1943).
Emilia humbertii var. angustifolia Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 102 (1943).
Emilia macaulayae Garab. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 140 (1924).
Emilia sonchifolia var. sagittata C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind.: 175 (1876).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Emilia coccinea	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Emilia coccinea (Sims) G. Don	Pl. Méd. de Douala, Cameroun (Dibong et al., 2011) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Emilia coccinea (Sims) G.Don	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Emilia coccinea (Sims) Sweet.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Emilia coccinea Don	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Emilia flammea Cass.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Emilia sagittata (Vahl) DC.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Emilia sagittata DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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