Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acheampong	Other	Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
akintola	Other	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
arinca-do-campo	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
arnica-do-mato	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
awolowo	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
baby tea	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
badmas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banmara	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
banmasuwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bap jarman	Other	Med. Pls. in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, NE India (Borah et al., 2020)
besi banmara	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bezat	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
bhayamara	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bitterbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bizat	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
boneset	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bonmara	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
busauk-busuk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
busuk busuk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
buttefly-weed	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
butterfly-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chor per gwe	Other	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa in Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
christmas bush	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
christmasbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chromolaenae folium	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
chromolaenae odoratae folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
chukutenay	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
coacihuizpatli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common floss flower	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
daun kirinyuh	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
devilweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fei ji cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
fēi jī cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gandhigulabi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hagonoy	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hawi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
jack in the bush	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
jack-in-the-bush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jamani-chon	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kaarfaai hateebaq	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kamyunist kale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lohasiya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
madhuban	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mín guó cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paraffienbos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paraffin-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
piaw sa non chime	Other	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa in Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
pikin nenge lanser	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
podisingnomaran	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
pokok jepun	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pokok jerman	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pokok kapal terbang	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
rompe zaragüey	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
rumput kapal terbang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rumput payung terjun	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
salah	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
santa maria	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
sap suea	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
siam weed	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
siamweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
singjhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
taw-bizat	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
thulo banmara	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tite hawi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tok´aban	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
triffid weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
triffidweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
x tok´aban	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
xiāng zé lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhǐ xuè cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
বাপ জাৰমান	Other	Med. Pls. in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, NE India (Borah et al., 2020)
止血草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
民國草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
飛機草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
飞机草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
香泽兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
香澤蘭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, stem, twigs		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
leaves		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Leaf		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
bush (stem and leaves)		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves, roots, flowers		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Leaf		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaf, stem	young stem	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
leaf		Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
leaves		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
leaves		Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 42 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eupatorium conyzoides Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 96 (1794), nom. illeg.
Eupatorium odoratum L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1205 (1759).
Chromolaena barranquillensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. Phytologia 20: 199 (1970).
Chromolaena clematitis (DC.) Pruski J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3: 573 (2009).
Chromolaena odorata f. squarrosa (Koster f.) Sunita Garg J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 14: 246 (1990).
Chrysocoma volubilis Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 329 (1829).
Eupatorium atriplicifolium Vahl in H.West, Bidr. Beskr. Ste Croix: 302 (1793).
Eupatorium barranquillense Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 564 (1901).
Eupatorium brachiatum Sw. ex Wikstr. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1827: 71 (1827).
Eupatorium clematitis DC. Prodr. 5: 144 (1836).
Eupatorium conyzoides f. angustiflorum Cuatrec. Anales Univ. Madrid, Ci. 4(2): 221 (1935).
Eupatorium conyzoides var. extensum Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 742 (1897).
Eupatorium conyzoides var. floribundum (Kunth) Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 742 (1897).
Eupatorium conyzoides f. glabratum Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 279 (1916).
Eupatorium conyzoides var. glabrescens Steetz in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 144 (1854).
Eupatorium conyzoides var. heterolepis Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 358 (1861).
Eupatorium conyzoides var. incanum Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(2): 278 (1876).
Eupatorium conyzoides var. maximiliani Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(2): 277 (1876).
Eupatorium conyzoides var. pauciflorum Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(2): 278 (1876).
Eupatorium conyzoides var. phyllocephalum Sch.Bip. ex Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(2): 278 (1876).
Eupatorium conyzoides var. scaberulum Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 279 (1916).
Eupatorium conyzoides var. tambillense Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 464 (1905).
Eupatorium divergens Less. Linnaea 5: 138 (1830).
Eupatorium floribundum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 92 (1818).
Eupatorium graciliflorum DC. Prodr. 5: 145 (1836).
Eupatorium incisum A.Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 112 (1792).
Eupatorium klattii Millsp. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 105 (1900).
Eupatorium odoratum var. brachiatum (Sw. ex Wikstr.) DC. Prodr. 5: 143 (1836).
Eupatorium odoratum var. cubense DC. Prodr. 5: 143 (1836).
Eupatorium odoratum var. mallotophyllum B.L.Rob. Contr. Gray Herb. 77: 26 (1926).
Eupatorium odoratum var. pauciflorum (Baker) Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 564 (1901).
Eupatorium odoratum f. scandens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 338 (1891).
Eupatorium odoratum f. squarrosum Koster f. Blumea 7: 290 (1952).
Eupatorium sabeanum Buckley Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 456 (1861 publ. 1862).
Eupatorium stigmatosum Meyen & Walp. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 257 (1843).
Osmia atriplicifolia Sch.Bip. Jahresber. Pollichia 22-24: 252 (1866).
Osmia clematitis (DC.) Sch.Bip. Jahresber. Pollichia 22-24: 252 (1866).
Osmia conyzoides Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1164 (1903).
Osmia divergens (Less.) Sch.Bip. Jahresber. Pollichia 22-24: 252 (1866).
Osmia floribunda (Kunth) Sch.Bip. Jahresber. Pollichia 22-24: 252 (1866).
Osmia graciliflora (DC.) Sch.Bip. Jahresber. Pollichia 22-24: 252 (1866).
Osmia odorata (L.) Sch.Bip. Jahresber. Pollichia 22-24: 252 (1866).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chromolaena odorata	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Pl. for Diarrhoea & Ulcer in Ghana (Henry et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Chromolaena odorata (L.) King & H.E. Robins.	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. King & H. Robinson	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 2. (2009)
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. M. King & H. Rob.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa in Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.King & H.Rob.	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob.	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King and H. Rob.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pls. in Behali Reserve Forest, Assam, NE India (Borah et al., 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Chromolaena odorata (L.)R.M.King & H.Rob.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chromolaena odorata L.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Chromolaena odoratum (L.) R. M. King & H. Rob.	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
Eupatorium conyzoides	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Eupatorium odoratum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Eupatorium odoratum L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Eupatorium odoratum Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Eupatorium odoratum Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Eupatorium odoratum Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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