Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chalche	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
flor de ángel	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
hierba de la canela	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
k’anim mim	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
k’anim mim huitz	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
saltmarsh fleabane	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
salvia	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
santa maría	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
sweet-scent	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tabaquillo	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Conyza odorata L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1213 (1759).
Conyza angustifolia Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 109 (1834), nom. illeg.
Conyza marilandica Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 126 (1803).
Conyza purpurascens Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 112 (1788).
Gymnostyles marilandica Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 268 (1818).
Placus odoratus (L.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 273 (1890).
Placus purpurascens (Sw.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 273 (1890).
Placus purpurascens var. glabratum (DC.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 273 (1890).
Pluchea amorifera V.M.Badillo Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 10: 309 (1946).
Pluchea camphorata var. angustifolia Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 2: 261 (1842).
Pluchea glabrata DC. Prodr. 5: 452 (1836).
Pluchea marilandica (Michx.) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 42: 2 (1826).
Pluchea odorata var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 357 (1891), not validly publ.
Pluchea odorata var. succulenta (Fernald) Cronquist Vasc. Fl. S. E. U.S., Asteraceae 1: 175 (1980).
Pluchea petiolata Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 42: 2 (1826).
Pluchea purpurascens (Sw.) DC. Prodr. 5: 452 (1836).
Pluchea purpurascens var. glabrata (DC.) Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub.: 150 (1866).
Pluchea purpurascens f. obovata Fernald Rhodora 44: 476 (1942).
Pluchea purpurascens var. succulenta Fernald Rhodora 44: 277 (1942).
Pluchea senegalensis Klatt Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 18: 368 (1873).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Conyza odorata L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pluchea odorata (L.)Cass.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pluchea odorata Cass.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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