Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melampodium divaricatum (Rich.) DC. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
boton de oro	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
botão de ouro	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
botão-de-ouro	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
butter daisy	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
fel da terra	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
ojo de guajolote	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
picão da praia	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
picão-da-praia	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
plumbago littoralis	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
quinina	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
salsa da praia	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tres puntas	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

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

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

Melampodium paludosum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 215 (1818).
Alcina minor Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 59: 243 (1829).
Alcina ovalifolia Lag. Gen. Sp. Pl.: 32 (1816).
Alcina ovatifolia J.Jacq. Ecl. Pl. Rar.: t. 78 (1815).
Dysodium divaricatum Rich. in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 489 (1807).
Dysodium radiatum Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 182 (1829).
Eleutheranthera divaricata (Rich.) Millsp. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 53 (1895).
Melampodium berteroanum Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 619 (1826).
Melampodium copiosum Klatt Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: 41 (1886).
Melampodium flaccidum (Benth.) Benth. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1852: 86 (1853).
Melampodium ovatifolium Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Exot. 1: t. 42 (1824).
Melampodium panamense Klatt Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: 42 (1886).
Melampodium pumilum Benth. Pl. Hartw.: 64 (1840).
Melampodium rhombifolium Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City), ser. 2, 1(App.): 149 (1890).
Melampodium rhombifolium Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic.: 195, line 33 (1894).
Melampodium tenellum var. flaccidum Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 115 (1845).
Spilanthes guatemalensis Vatke Enum. Pl. Guatem. 1: 23 (1889).
Wedelia minor Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 855 (1815).
Wedelia ovatifolia Willd. Enum. Pl., Suppl.: 61 (1814).
Zarabellia rhomboidea Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 59: 240 (1829).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melampodium divaricatum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Melampodium divaricatum (L.Rich. ex Pers.)DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Melampodium divaricatum (L.c. Rich.)dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Melampodium divaricatum (Rich. Ex Pers) DC.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Melampodium divaricatum (Rich. Ex Rich.) DC.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Melampodium divaricatum (Rich. ex Pers.) DC.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Melampodium divaricatum (Rich. ex Rich. ) DC.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Melampodium divaricatum (Rich.) DC.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Melampodium divaricatum DC	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Melampodium divaricatum DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Melampodium paludosum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Melampodium paludosum H.B. & K.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

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