Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tagetes terniflora Kunth [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chijchipa	Other	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
margarita	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
sacha ruda	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
suico	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
suico-suico	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
aerial part		Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
Branches, leaf, flowers		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Tagetes graveolens L'Hér. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 644 (1836).
Tagetes cabrerae M.Ferraro Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 6: 38 (1955).
Tagetes gigantea Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 58: 107 (1886).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tagetes graveolens L'Hèritier	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Tagetes terniflora Kunth	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tagetes terniflora Kunth.	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

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