botanical record · discovered
Ca-A-E
Stevia rebaudiana
Ca-A-E · Sweet Leaf of Paraguay · Stevia · Candyleaf · Paraguay-Stevie · candyleaf · erva-adocicada · erva-doce · estévia · folha-doce · stevia · stévia · sweet-leaf-of-Paraguay
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Paraguay, BR, TW
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Sweetener, Contraceptive
Science studied: APIGENIN-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE, 6-O-ACETYLAUSTROINULIN, ALPHA-HUMULENE, ALPHA-PINENE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Asteraceae
Scientific name: Stevia rebaudiana
Common names: Ca-A-E, Sweet Leaf of Paraguay, Stevia, Candyleaf, Paraguay-Stevie, candyleaf, erva-adocicada, erva-doce, estévia, folha-doce, stevia, stévia, sweet-leaf-of-Paraguay
POWO: 245468-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Paraguay, BR, TW.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Sweetener
- Contraceptive
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Paraguay
- BR
- TW
Documented cultural uses
- Sweetener
- Contraceptive
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Sweetener · Paraguay · "
- Contraceptive · Paraguay · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Stevia Rebaudiana: A Natural Sweetener with Therapeutic Potential. · 2026 source ↗
- Contrasting potassium responses of growth, magnesium status and steviol glycoside traits in Stevia rebaudiana · 2026 source ↗
- Functional study and sequence variation of the SrUGT85C2 genes in Stevia rebaudiana. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- APIGENIN-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE
- 6-O-ACETYLAUSTROINULIN
- ALPHA-HUMULENE
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-IONONE
- BETA-PINENE
- BETA-SELINENE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- CIS-HEX-3-EN-1-OL
- CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- HEX-3-ENYL-2-METYLBUTANOATE
- HEX-3-ENYL-ACETATE
- INDOLE-3-ACETONITRILE
- IRON
- JHANOL
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- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE
- LACTIC-ACID
- LIMONENE
- LINALOOL
- LUPEOL-3-PALMITATE
- LUPEOL-ESTERS
- MAGNESIUM
- MALIC-ACID
- METHYL-EUGENOL
- MYRCENE
- MYRTENAL
- MYRTENOL
- NEROLIDOL
- OCT-1-EN-3-OL
- OCTA-2,3-DIONE
- OCTAN-3-OL
- PENTANOIC-ACID
- PHENYLETHYL-VALERATE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PINOCARVEOL
- PINOCARVONE
- POTASSIUM
- QUERCETIN-3-O-ARABINOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSIDE
- QUERCITRIN
- REBAUDIOSIDE-A
- REBAUDIOSIDE-B
- REBAUDIOSIDE-F
- RUTIN
- SABINENE
- SODIUM
- SPATHULENOL
- STEREBIN-A
- STEREBIN-B
- STEREBIN-C
- STEREBIN-D
- STEREBIN-E
- STEREBIN-F
- STEREBIN-G
- STEREBIN-H
- STEVIOSIDE
- STIGMASTEROL
- ALUMINUM
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- BETA-CAROTENE
- DULCOSIDES
- FAT
- FIBER
- MANGANESE
- REBAUDIOSIDES
- SELENIUM
- SILICON
- THIAMIN
- WATER
- ZINC
- STIGMASTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- TARTARIC-ACID
- TRANS-HEX-2-EN-1-OL
- TRANS-LINALOOL-OXIDE
- (-)-KAURENE
- 2-PENTYL-FURAN
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- TERPINENE-4-OL
- TERPINOLENE
- TORREYOL
- TRANS-VERBENOL
- 5,7,3'-TRIHYDROXY-3,6,4'-TRIMETHOXY-FLAVONE
- LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE
- REBAUDIOSIDE-D
- ASH
- COBALT
- PROTEIN
- AUSTROINULIN
- CHROMIUM
- NIACIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- STEVIOL
- TIN
- KILOCALORIES
- ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE
- ALPHA-CADINOL
- ALPHA-CALACORENE
- ALPHA-COPAENE
- ALPHA-CUBEBENE
- BETA-BOURBONENE
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- BETA-CUBEBENE
- BISABOLENE
- BORNEOL
- CALAMENENE
- CAMPESTEROL
- CAMPHOR
- CARVACROL
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE
- CENTAUREIDIN
- CHLOROPHYLL-A
- CHLOROPHYLL-B
- CITRIC-ACID
- COSMOSIIN
- CUMINALDEHYDE
- DELTA-CADINENE
- GAMMA-CADINENE
- P-CYMENE
- T-CADINOL
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- BETA-ELEMENE
- DITERPENE-GLYCOSIDES
- EO
- EPOXY-BETA-IONONE
- EUGENOL
- FLUORIDE
- FORMIC-ACID
- GAMMA-ELEMENE
- GERANIOL
- GERMACRENE-D
- GIBBERELIN-A2
- GLUCOSE
- HEXAN-1-OL
- N-HEXANAL
- TRANS-BETA-FARNESENE
- 6-DEOXYAUSTROINULIN
- ANETHOLE
- BENZYL-ALCOHOL
- 7-O-ACETYLAUSTROINULIN
- BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- DULCOSIDE-A
- LUPEOL
- REBAUDIOSIDE-C
- REBAUDIOSIDE-E
- STEVIOLBIOSIDE
- TANNINS
- 6-O-AUSTROINULIN
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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