Plant Details

Accepted name:

Aristolochia cymbifera Mart. [Aristolochiaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
angélico	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
aristolochia milhomens	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cassaiú	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
cassaú	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
cipó mata-cobras	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
cipó mil homens	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
cipó-mil-homem	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
guaco	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
jarrinha	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
maru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruk koluntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marukkoluntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marukoluntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mil homens	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mil-homens	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
papo de galo	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
papo de peru	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
tamanakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tavanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	tincture, vegetal drug, dry extract, fluid extract, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Aristolochia labiosa Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 8: t. 689 (1823).
Ambuya labiosa Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 98 (1838).
Aristolochia abbreviata Mart. ex Mast. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(2): 109 (1875).
Aristolochia cymbifera var. abbreviata Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 470 (1864).
Aristolochia cymbifera var. genuina Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 470 (1864), not validly publ.
Aristolochia cymbifera var. labiosa (Ker Gawl.) Duch. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 470 (1864).
Aristolochia galeata Moritzi Syst. Verz. Java: 70 (1846), nom. illeg.
Aristolochia milhomens Mure Doctrine Ecole Rio de Janeiro Pathog. Brésil.: 315 (1849), nom. superfl.
Aristolochia orbiculata Vell. Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 96 (1831).
Dictyanthes labiosa Raf. Gard. Mag. (London) 8: 247 (1832).
Diglosselis cymbifera Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 98 (1838).
Diglosselis latifolia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 98 (1838).
Howardia brasiliensis Klotzsch Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1859: 608 (1859).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aristolochia cymbifera Mart.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Aristolochia cymbifera Mart. & Zucc.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Aristolochia cymbifera Mart. et Zucc.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Aristolochia cymbifera Martius et Zuccarini	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Aristolochia labiosa Ker.-Gawl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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