EPPO Global Database

Bacopa monnieri(BAOMO)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-05-13

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BAOMO
  • Preferred name: Bacopa monnieri
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Wettstein

Notes

Eastern Mediterranean, Western Asia, India to Indochina, China (including Taiwan), Malesia (Malaya), Nigeria, Gabon, Congo, Somalia, Mozambique, USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except western Brazil). Cultivated as a medicinal herb. Introduced in Western Mediterranean

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Bramia monnieri (Linnaeus) Pennell
Herpestis monnieri (Linnaeus) Kunth
Lysimachia monnieri Linnaeus

Common names
Name
Language
jiǎ mǎ chǐ xiàn Chinese
假马齿苋 Chinese
bacopa English
coast bacopa English
herb of grace English
Indian pennywort English
Indian water hyssop English
water hyssop English
Monnier water hyssop English (US)
peshetah ser'ah Hebrew
פְּשֵׁטָה שְׂרוּעָה Hebrew
brahmi Hindi
otomeazena Japanese
オトメアゼナ Japanese
bacopa Portuguese
bacopa Portuguese
бакопа Russian
брахми Russian
щитолистник индийский Russian
kapotavanka Sanskrit
sarasvati Sanskrit
tiktalonika Sanskrit
hierba de culebra Spanish
graciola Spanish (CU)