Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dentella repens (L.) J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Dentella repens var. grandis Pierre ex Pit.

Dentella repens var. repens

Dentella repens var. serpyllifolia (Wall. ex Craib) Verdc.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bunga karang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pati-emiya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tsjeru-manneli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
පටි-එමිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hedyotis repens (L.) Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 271 (1792).
Oldenlandia repens L. Mant. Pl. 1: 40 (1767).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dentella repens	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dentella repens (L.) Forst.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Dentella repens (L.) J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dentella repens (L.) J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Dentella repens Forst.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Dentella repens Forster	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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