botanical record · discovered
Verbena
Stachytarpheta cayennensis
Verbena · Baren tokantsa · Biñawe · Blue snakeweed, Cayenne snakeweed, Dark-blue snakeweed, Bluetop, Blue porterweed, Nettle-leaf porterweed, Cayenne porterweed, Rattail, Blue rat's tail, Rough-leaf false vervain, Cayenne vervain, Nettleleaf vervain, Nettleleaf Velvetberry, False verbena, Joee · Cayenne porterweed · Cayenne porterweed; Verbena · Cayenne snakeweed · Herbe bleue · Hierba de playa · Katip ujuk · Petite queue-de-rat · Playa kiwa · Rabo de ratón · Runa llama · Venven latje wat (Lesser Antilles) · Verbena blanca (Dominican Republic) · Verbena negra
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Trinidad, Dominica, Venezuela
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Chest-Cold, Collyrium, Depurative, Dysentery
Science studied: CITRAL, GERANIOL, SALICYLIC-ACID, EO
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 cayennensis
Common names: Verbena, Baren tokantsa, Biñawe, Blue snakeweed, Cayenne snakeweed, Dark-blue snakeweed, Bluetop, Blue porterweed, Nettle-leaf porterweed, Cayenne porterweed, Rattail, Blue rat's tail, Rough-leaf false vervain, Cayenne vervain, Nettleleaf vervain, Nettleleaf Velvetberry, False verbena, Joee, Cayenne porterweed, Cayenne porterweed; Verbena, Cayenne snakeweed, Herbe bleue, Hierba de playa, Katip ujuk, Petite queue-de-rat, Playa kiwa, Rabo de ratón, Runa llama, Venven latje wat (Lesser Antilles), Verbena blanca (Dominican Republic), Verbena negra
History
The source record documents this plant in Trinidad, Dominica, Venezuela.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Chest-Cold
- Collyrium
- Depurative
- Dysentery
- Fever
- Heart attack
- Ophthalmia
- Panacea
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- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Heart
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Trinidad
- Dominica
- Venezuela
Documented cultural uses
- Chest-Cold
- Collyrium
- Depurative
- Dysentery
- Fever
- Heart attack
- Ophthalmia
- Panacea
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Heart
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
- Unraveling the antiviral activity of Stachytarpheta cayennensis against SARS-CoV-2 variants using in vitro and molecular docking analysis · 2025 source ↗
- Evaluation of Antioxidant & Antidiabetic Activities of Iridoid glycoside Isolated from Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Rich) Vahl Leaf Extract: In vitro combined with molecular docking approach · 2025 source ↗
- Assessing the Biochemical Implication of using Stachytarpheta cayennensis Essential Oil as an Alternative to Synthetic Pesticides in Calabar Nigeria. · 2023 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- CITRAL
- GERANIOL
- SALICYLIC-ACID
- EO
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.
Reference images
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
No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.
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