Non scientific name details for water caltrop - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

water caltrop

2 Accepted name(s) for "water caltrop":

Accepted name
Trapa natans var. bispinosa (Roxb.) Makino
Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.

2 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Trapa bicornis Osbeck	Trapa bicornis Osbeck	Trapa natans var. bispinosa (Roxb.) Makino
Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)	Flueggea leucopyrus	Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.	Flueggea leucopyrus Willd.		Bark, Leaves, Roots

10 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "water caltrop":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
bat nut	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
buffalo nut	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil pod	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
heen katupila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
horn nut	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
katupila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
purple tephrosia	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
water chestnut	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
කටුපිල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
හීන් කටුපිල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)