Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aloysia citrodora Paláu [Verbenaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alouiza	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
aloíza	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
beh limu	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
cedrina	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cedrón	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
cedrón, hoja	Other	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
chaquesayasaya	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cidrão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erba luiga	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
haurippampacay	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
hierba luisa	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lemon beebrush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lemon verbena	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lemon verbena leaf	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
lemon vibina	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
lemon-verbena	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
limoncina	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
limãocidrão-de-árvore	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
limón verbena	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
lippiae triphyllae aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lippiae triphyllae folium	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
louiza	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
louíza	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
lwiza	Other	Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
salva-limão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
té cedrón	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
verbena	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
verbena citronela	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
verbena olorosa	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
verbenae citriodoratae folium	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
vervain	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
verveine citronelle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
verveine de france	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
verveine odorante	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
yerba de la princesa	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
yerba luisa	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
zitronenstrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
zitronenverbene	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
αλοίζα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
λουίζα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Leaf, flower		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Hojas	Hojas desecadas	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Flowering top, leaf		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
leaves		Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
leaf		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
leaf		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
leaves		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
leaves		Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
leaves		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
seed, aerial part, leaf, bark		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
leaf	whole or fragmented, dried leaves	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
leaf	whole or fragmented, dried leaf	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
flowering top, leaf	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Leaf + flower, Leaf, Plant		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
leaf	Whole or fragmented, dried leaves	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
leaf	leaves, whole or cut	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aloysia triphylla Britton Bot. Porto Rico 6: 140 (1925), nom. superfl.
Lippia citrodora (Paláu) Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 269 (1818).
Lippia triphylla Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 253 (1898), nom. superfl.
Aloysia sleumeri Moldenke Phytologia 10: 170 (1964).
Aloysia triphylla f. serrulata Moldenke Phytologia 50: 308 (1982).
Cordia microcephala Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 801 (1819).
Lithocardium microcephalum (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977 (1891).
Varronia microcephala (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Borhidi Acta Bot. Hung. 34: 389 (1988).
Verbena citrodora (Paláu) Cav. Descr. Pl.: 68 (1801).
Verbena fragrans Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 71 (1796), nom. superfl.
Verbena triphylla L'Hér. Stirp. Nov.: 21 (1786), nom. superfl.
Zappania citrodora (Paláu) Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 59 (1791).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aloysia citriodora	Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009)
Aloysia citriodora Palau	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Aloysia citrodora	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Aloysia citrodora Palau	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Aloysia citrodora Paláu	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Aloysia triphylla	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Aloysia triphylla (L'Her)Britton	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Aloysia triphylla (L'Her.) Britt.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Aloysia triphylla (L'Her.) Britton	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Aloysia triphylla (L'Hér.) Britton	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Aloysia triphylla (L'Hérit.) Britton	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Aloysia triphylla (L'her.) Britt.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Aloysia triphylla (L’ Herit.) Brett.	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Aloysia triphylla (L’Hér.) Britton	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Aloysia triphylla Britt.	Phenolics in Moroccan Med. Pl. Spp. (Mouhajir et al., 2001)
Aloysia triphylla Britton	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
Aloysia triphylla Royle	Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
Lippia citriodora	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Lippia citriodora (Ort.) HBK.	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Lippia citriodora H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lippia citriodora H.B.et K	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Lippia citriodora Kunth	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
Lippia triphylla (L'Hér.) Kuntze	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Lippia triphylla (L´Hér.) Kuntze	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Lippia triphylla (L’He´r.) O. Kuntze	Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Lippia triphylla Kuntze	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)

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