Plant Details

Accepted name:: Neurolaena lobata (L.) Cass. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitter albut	Other	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)
bitter wood	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
caballon	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
contragavilan	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
contragavilana	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cure-for-all	Other	Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)
dog bitter	Other	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)
gailana o contragavilana	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
gavilan	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
gavilana	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
gúye árani	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
hoja de lanza	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
jabilla	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
jackass bittas	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
jackass bitters	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
jackass-bitters	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
junata palsk	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
konali	Other	Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)
kunami	Other	Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)
l'habe a pique	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mano de lagarto	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mano de largato	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
manzanilla	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
neurolaena lobata whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
palo brujo	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
quinina	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
retama	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
tres dedos	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tres puntas	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
white-kunani	Other	Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stems, leaves		Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009)
entire plant, bark		Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pluchea symphytifolia (Mill.) Gillis Taxon 26: 591 (1977).
Calea lobata (L.) Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 113 (1788).
Calea suriani Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 6(Suppl.): 32 (1817).
Conyza lobata L. Sp. Pl.: 862 (1753).
Conyza symphytifolia Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: [s.p.] (1768).
Critonia chrysocephala (Klatt) R.M.King & H.Rob. Phytologia 22: 48 (1971).
Eupatorium chrysocephalum Klatt Compos. Nov. Costaric.: 2 (1895).
Eupatorium valverdeanum Klatt Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31(1): 188 (1892).
Neurolaena fulva B.L.Turner Phytologia 37: 251 (1977).
Neurolaena integrifolia Klatt Leopoldina 20: 94 (1884).
Neurolaena lobata var. indivisa Donn.Sm. Bot. Gaz. 14: 27 (1889).
Neurolaena suriani (Cass.) Cass. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 87: 29 (1818).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Neurolaena lobata	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Neurolaena lobata (L.) Cass.	Common Med. Pl. of Portland, Jamaica (Summer & Thomas, 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Neurolaena lobata (L.) R. Br.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Neurolaena lobata (L.) R.Br. ex Cass	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
Neurolaena lobata (L.) R.Br. ex Cass.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Neurolaena lobata L.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
Neuroleana lobata (L.)R.Br.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Pluchea symphytifolia	Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998) Med. Pl. of Coastal Guyana (Lachman-White et al., 1992)

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