Dorstenia contrajerva

Dorstenia contrajerva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Dorstenia
Species:
D. contrajerva
Binomial name
Dorstenia contrajerva
Synonyms

Dorstenia contrajerva L. var. houstonii L.
Dorstenia houstonii (L.) L.
Dorstenia quadrangularis Stokes
Dorstenia alexiteria L.
Dorstenia quadrangularis Stokes var. sinuata Stokes
Dorstenia quadrangularis Stokes var. pinnatifida Stokes
Dorstenia palmata Willd. ex Schult.
Dorstenia maculata Lem.
Dorstenia contrajerva L. subsp. tenuiloba S.F.Blake

Dorstenia contrajerva is a plant species in the family Moraceae. It is native to Northern South America and Central America, and is cultivated elsewhere. The species name "contrajerva" is the Latinized form of the plant's Spanish name, "contrahierba", a name for plants used for treating poisoning and venomous bites and stings, and for which its rootstocks are used in folk medicine (as contrayerva). It is the type species of the Dorstenia genus and was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.

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