Plant Details

Accepted name:: Egletes viscosa (L.) Less. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
macela	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
macela-da-terra	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
macela-do-campo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
marcela	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed, bark		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
inflorescence, leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
inflorescence, leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cotula viscosa L. Sp. Pl.: 892 (1753).
Egletes viscosa f. bipinnatifida Shinners Lloydia 12: 244 (1950).
Egletes viscosa var. dissecta Shinners Lloydia 12: 245 (1950).
Egletes viscosa var. sprucei Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(3): 20 (1882).
Grangea domingensis var. viscosa (L.) M.Gómez Dicc. Bot. Nom. Vulg. Cub. Puerto-Riquenos: 115 (1889).
Platystephium graveolens Gardner London J. Bot. 7: 81 (1848).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Egletes viscosa (L.) Less.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Egletes viscosa Lees.	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)

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