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Stachytarpheta mutabilis

Stachytarpheta mutabilis (Jacq.) Vahl

Also indexed asChangeable VelvetberryChangeable velvetberryPink SnakeweedQueen Victoria Dressing-gown Bush (Trinidad & Tobago); Verbena roja (Dominican Republic)blåspirachangeable velvetberrycoral porterweedpink snakeweed
FamilyVerbenaceae
GenusStachytarpheta
Use categories5
Linked notes0
Poison use is recorded for this taxon.This is a classification flag, not a dosage guide. Do not infer safe use from any documented-use label.

Botanical identity

This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.

KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderLamiales
FamilyVerbenaceae
GenusStachytarpheta
Scientific name with authorshipStachytarpheta mutabilis (Jacq.) Vahl

Indexed scientific synonyms

Cymburus mutabilis (Jacq.) Salisb.Stachytarpheta cayennensis var. schiedeana Loes.Stachytarpheta mutabilis var. violacea MoldenkeStachytarpheta purpurea Greenm.Stachytarpheta zuccagnii Roem. & Schult.Valerianodes mutabileValerianoides mutabile (Rich.) Kuntze, 1891Valerianoides mutabilis (Jacq.) KuntzeVerbena mutabilis Jacq.Zappania mutabilis (Jacq.) Lam.

Documented use categories

Medicine
Human food
Environmental use
Material
Poison reported

These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.

How to interpret this record

Evidence boundary

A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.

Safety boundary

Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.

Dataset record and provenance

DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier243385-2
Use codesEU HF MA ME PO
Crop wild relativeNo

Contributing checklist sources

Kew Economic Botany CollectionUSDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Useful Plants of New GuineaPlant Resources of South-East AsiaPlant Resources for Tropical AfricaUseful Plants of West Tropical Africa

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Educational index, not a treatment recommendation

The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.

Ethnobotanical layer

Traditional-use records for Stachytarpheta mutabilis.

Historical associations preserved from the USDA Dr. Duke dataset. These records are not treatment recommendations.