Family:
Lamiaceae Martinov
Genus:
Cantinoa Harley & J.F.B.Pastore

Cantinoa americana (Aubl.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore

This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is used as a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Pacific. Elevation range: 600–2000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Cauca, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 600 - 2000 m.; Andes, Pacífico, Valle del Cauca.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
Preocupación Menor

[FWTA]

Labiatae, J. K. Morton. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
A tall, erect, aromatic, rather scabrid herb
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers very small, corolla white with mauve marks on the lip
Ecology
A weed of roadsides and cultivated land, often occurring in damp places.

[FTEA]

Lamiaceae (Labiatae), A.J. Paton, G. Bramley, O. Ryding, R.M. Polhill, Y.B. Harvey, M. Iwarsson, F. Willis, P.B. Phillipson, K. Balkwill, C.W. Lukhoba, D.F. Otieno, & R.M. Harley. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2009

Type
Type: origin unknown, West Indies or Sierra Leone, Smeathman s.n. (P-LAM, holo.)
Morphology General Habit
Annual herb, 0.3–2.5 m tall, with strong rather unpleasant smell
Morphology Stem
Stem erect, developing numerous flowering branches above, quadrangular, with short retrorse hairs and sessile glands on the faces and small recurved prickles on the angles
Morphology Leaves
Leaf blades elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, 2.5–10 × 1–4 cm, coarsely serrate, acute at apex, cuneate at base, with tiny rigid hairs especially near margins and along veins beneath; petiole 0.5–4 cm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences terminal, spike-like, composed of many subsessile overlapping cymes; cymes ± 10–20-flowered, congested, slightly 1-sided; bracts leaf-like, smaller upwards; bracteoles numerous, linear, 3–5 mm long, coarsely ciliate, giving the inflorescence a bristly appearance
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 3.5–4(–7 in fruit) mm long; tube campanulate, becoming elongately urceolate, covered in sessile glands and with long hairs toward apex and around the mouth; lobes linear-subulate, 2–3 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla white fading mauve-pink, 3–4 mm long, pubescent distally
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Nutlets pale to occasionally dark brown, oblong-ellipsoid, slightly compressed, with a slight median ridge, 1.5–1.6 × 0.9–1.1 mm, smooth.
Ecology
By rivers, lakes and swamps, flood plains, cultivated areas; 25–1050 m
Conservation
Least concern; widely distributed
Note
Several collectors in Uganda and Sudan note that the seeds are used in cooking for their oil.
Distribution
Range: Native of tropical America, possibly Brazilian in origin, now widespread in tropical and South Africa, also elsewhere Flora districts: U1 U 2/U4 U4 T4 T6 T7 T8

[UPFC]
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
Use Social
Social uses.

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Angola, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Cantinoa americana (Aubl.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 11, 2012 Zanoni, T. et al. [43901] K000735606 No
Jun 20, 2012 Bernacci et al. [1736], Brazil K000735455 Yes
Jun 1, 2012 Pringle, C.G. [6559], Morelos K000735429 epitype Yes
Jun 1, 2012 Pringle, C.G. [6559], Morelos K000820704 epitype Yes
Apr 24, 2006 Mostacedo [2167], Bolivia Hyptis spicigera K000194395 No
Mar 29, 2006 Naessany [68], Bolivia Hyptis spicigera K000194337 Yes
Jul 27, 1972 Whyte, A. [s.n.], Malawi Hyptis spicigera K000347155 Unknown type material Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Eyma, P.J. [3371], Indonesia Hyptis spicigera K000855940 No
Jan 1, 1927 Wright, C. [3154], Cuba Hyptis spicigera K000488263 isotype Yes
Feb 11, 1918 Elbert, J. [2897], Indonesia Hyptis spicigera K000855939 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [10475], Tanzania Hyptis spicigera 25457.000 No
Harley, R.M. [21451], Brazil Hyptis spicigera 52066.000 No
Lambert [s.n.], Madagascar Hyptis spicigera K000347156 Yes
Bojer [s.n.], Madagascar Hyptis spicigera K000347158 Yes
Baron, R. [5508], Madagascar Hyptis spicigera K000347157 Yes
Riedel, J.G.F. [s.n.], Indonesia Hyptis spicigera K000855938 No
Bermejos, J. [188], Philippines Hyptis spicigera K000896425 No
Vidal, S. [3469], Philippines Hyptis spicigera K000896421 No
Copeland, E.B. [540], Philippines Hyptis spicigera K000896423 No
Merrill, E.D. [108], Philippines Hyptis spicigera K000896428 No
Loher, A. [4181], Philippines Hyptis spicigera K000896424 No
Merrill, E.D. [3293], Philippines Hyptis spicigera K000896426 No
Vidal, S. [3496], Philippines Hyptis spicigera K000896422 No
Motley, J. [417], Indonesia Hyptis spicigera K000855937 No
Whitford, H.N. [s.n.], Philippines Hyptis spicigera K000896427 No

First published in Phytotaxa 58: 9 (2012)

Accepted by

  • Bramley, G.L.C. (2019). Flora Malesiana 23: 1-444. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.

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