Waltheria indica var. americana

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ʻUhaloa or Sleepy morning Malvaceae Indigenous? to the Hawaiian Islands Pearl City, Oʻahu Early Hawaiians used ʻuhaloa medicinally for asthma, neuralgia, and a pain killer when mixed with other plants. Leaves were pounded and used for filling in cracks on canoes (waʻa) instead of pitch. Medicinally, in the Hawaiian Islands ʻuhaloa is still used even if other traditional plants are not in use. When mixed with certain other plants ʻuhaloa is used for sore throats, bronchial infections, and asthma. The bitter roots are used much like aspirin is today. The plant is used throughout the Americas. One reference source outlines the importance of Walthera indica: "A tropical shrub, the whole plant (roots, leaves, buds and flowers) is used against chronic asthma. This plant has anti inflammatory and anti-fungal properties. Other uses include: cortex (root bark); chewed as a very effective natural medicine for sore throat. Internally for arthritis, neuralgia, common cold, cough, bronchial phlegm or mucous, diarrhea, eye baths, fatigue; used as a bitter tonic." nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Waltheria_indica

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Katja Schulz commented on an older version of Waltheria indica var. americana:

None of our current content partners gives us Waltheria indica var. americana as a preferred name. The only places where this name is listed is in the Synonyms section of Waltheria indica: http://eol.org/pages/584799/names/synonyms I can add Waltheria indica var. americana through our Rapid Response LifeDesk, and you should then be able to attach this image to the name. However, I'm not sure this will create a separate page for this taxon. It might get merged with Waltheria indica because ITIS & Catalogue of Life have it listed as a synonym. It's worth a try though. Can you give me a reference that I can use as a vehicle for the name? Names from our LifeDesk get imported to EOL only if there's something attached to them.

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David Eickhoff commented on an older version of Waltheria indica var. americana:

This should be Trusted as Waltheria indica var. americana. It does not allow me to make the change.

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