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Brazilian Tea
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Brazilian Tea · Bibirito · Brazilian tea · Brazilian-tea · Gavilancillo · Herbe bleue · Hoja de corrimiento · Indian snakeweed · Jakwe mavo · Jamaica Snakeweed · Jamaica Vervain · Jamaica-vervain · Jamaican porterweed · Jamaican snakeweed · Jarong · Kai-flou
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Trinidad, Ghana, Haiti, ", India
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abortifacient, Ache(Head), Alopecia, Amenorrhea
Science studied: CHLOROGENIC-ACID, DOPAMINE, 6-HYDROXYLUTEOLOL-7-GLUCURONIDE, STACHYTARPHINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Verbenaceae
Scientific name: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Common names: Brazilian Tea, Bibirito, Brazilian tea, Brazilian-tea, Gavilancillo, Herbe bleue, Hoja de corrimiento, Indian snakeweed, Jakwe mavo, Jamaica Snakeweed, Jamaica Vervain, Jamaica-vervain, Jamaican porterweed, Jamaican snakeweed, Jarong, Kai-flou
History
The source record documents this plant in Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Elsewhere, Mexico, Trinidad, Ghana, Haiti, " and 6 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abortifacient
- Ache(Head)
- Alopecia
- Amenorrhea
- Anodyne
- Boil
- Cataract
- Cathartic
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- Chest-Cold
- Cough
- Depurative
- Diarrhea
- Dropsy
- Dysentery
- Emetic
- Emmenagogue
- Erysipelas
- Fever
- Flu
- Gonorrhea
- Inflammation
- Itch
- Lactogogue
- Nausea
- Nerves
- Pressor
- Puerperium
- Purgative
- Rash
- Rectitis
- Rhinitis
- Sedative
- Sore
- Sprain
- Stomach
- Tea
- Tumor
- Venereal
- Vermifuge
- Vitiligo
- Yellow Fever
- Bronchitis
- Asthma
- Eczema
- Skin
- Abortive
- Bruise
- Malaria
- Poison
- Rheumatism
- Stomachic
- Sudorific
- Syphilis
- Cardiac
- Rhinosis
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Bahamas
- Dominican Republic
- Elsewhere
- Mexico
- Trinidad
- Ghana
- Haiti
- "
- India
- Samoa
- Malaya
- Brazil
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- Java
- Johore
Documented cultural uses
- Abortifacient
- Ache(Head)
- Alopecia
- Amenorrhea
- Anodyne
- Boil
- Cataract
- Cathartic
- Chest-Cold
- Cough
- Depurative
- Diarrhea
show 43 more documented entries
- Dropsy
- Dysentery
- Emetic
- Emmenagogue
- Erysipelas
- Fever
- Flu
- Gonorrhea
- Inflammation
- Itch
- Lactogogue
- Nausea
- Nerves
- Pressor
- Puerperium
- Purgative
- Rash
- Rectitis
- Rhinitis
- Sedative
- Sore
- Sprain
- Stomach
- Tea
- Tumor
- Venereal
- Vermifuge
- Vitiligo
- Yellow Fever
- Bronchitis
- Asthma
- Eczema
- Skin
- Abortive
- Bruise
- Malaria
- Poison
- Rheumatism
- Stomachic
- Sudorific
- Syphilis
- Cardiac
- Rhinosis
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- DOPAMINE
- 6-HYDROXYLUTEOLOL-7-GLUCURONIDE
- STACHYTARPHINE
- TARPHETALIN
- APIGENOL-7-GLUCURONIDE
- LUTEOLOL-7-GLUCURONIDE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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