Plant Details

Accepted name:

Boerhavia coccinea Mill. [Nyctaginaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
batata-de-porco	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
bredo de porco	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
erva tostão	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
itsit	Other	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
pega pinto	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
pega-pinto	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
tangaraca	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
root	vegetal drug, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
root		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 34 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Boerhavia hirsuta Jacq. Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 3 (1770), nom. superfl.
Boerhavia adscendens var. pubescens Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 451 (1849).
Boerhavia agglutinans Batt. & Trab. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 247 (1913).
Boerhavia bracteata T.Cooke Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 421 (1910).
Boerhavia caribaea Jacq. Observ. Bot. 4: 5 (1771).
Boerhavia coccinea var. paniculata (Kuntze) Moscoso Cat. Fl. Domingensis 1: 180 (1943).
Boerhavia coccinea f. parcehirsuta Heimerl in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 7: 212 (1912).
Boerhavia coccinea var. pubescens (Choisy) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XX (1969).
Boerhavia coccinea var. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Moscoso Cat. Fl. Domingensis 1: 180 (1943).
Boerhavia diffusa Sw. Observ. Bot.: 10 (1791).
Boerhavia diffusa f. crassifolia Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 92 (1926).
Boerhavia diffusa var. hirsuta Heimerl Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 9 (1888).
Boerhavia diffusa var. hirta Balle Fl. Congo Belge 1: 85 (1951), no Latin descr.
Boerhavia diffusa var. obtusifolia Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 452 (1849).
Boerhavia diffusa var. paniculata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 533 (1891).
Boerhavia diffusa var. undulata (Asch. & Schweinf.) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXI (1969).
Boerhavia diffusa var. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Heimerl Beitr. Syst. Nyctag.: 27 (1897).
Boerhavia diffusa var. xerophila Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 92 (1926).
Boerhavia glandulosa Andersson Galapagos Veg.: 64 (1854).
Boerhavia ixodes Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 423 (1911).
Boerhavia marlothii Heimerl Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 9 (1888).
Boerhavia nantocana Schauer Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 403 (1843).
Boerhavia obtusifolia Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 10 (1791).
Boerhavia patula Dombey ex Vahl Enum. Pl. 1: 287 (1804).
Boerhavia polymorpha Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 105 (1792).
Boerhavia ramulosa M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 10: 40 (1902).
Boerhavia reboudiana Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 335 (1875).
Boerhavia repens var. undulata Asch. & Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 168 (1867).
Boerhavia repens subsp. viscosa (Lag. & Rodr.) Maire Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 3: 88 (1933).
Boerhavia sonorae Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 111 (1891).
Boerhavia squamata Raf. Autik. Bot.: 40 (1840).
Boerhavia viscosa Lag. & Rodr. Anales Ci. Nat. 4: 256 (1801).
Boerhavia viscosa subsp. apiculata Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 383 (1909).
Boerhavia viscosa f. oligadena Heimerl Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 87 (1903).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Boerhaavia coccinea Mill.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Boerhavia coccinea Miller	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Boerhavia hirsuta	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Boerhavia hirsuta Jacq.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

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