Plant Details

Accepted name:: Calla palustris L. [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
water arum	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
水芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calla brevis (Raf.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Bot. Not. 128: 505 (1975 publ. 1976).
Calla cordifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 326 (1812).
Calla generalis E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 1: 180 (1906).
Calla ovatifolia Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 452 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Calla palustris f. aroiformis Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 368 (1904).
Calla palustris f. gracilis Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 368 (1904).
Calla palustris f. longicaulis Svanlund Bot. Not. 1887: 128 (1887).
Calla palustris f. minor Behm Bot. Not. 1887: 183 (1887).
Calla palustris f. polyspathacea Vict. & J.Rousseau Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 68 (1940).
Callaion bispatha (Raf.) Raf. New Fl. 2: 90 (1837).
Callaion brevis (Raf.) Raf. New Fl. 2: 90 (1837).
Callaion heterophylla (Raf.) Raf. New Fl. 2: 90 (1837).
Callaion palustris (L.) Raf. New Fl. 2: 90 (1837).
Dracunculus paludosus Montandon Guide Bot. Sundgau: 309 (1868).
Provenzalia bispatha Raf. New Fl. 2: 90 (1837).
Provenzalia brevis Raf. New Fl. 2: 90 (1837).
Provenzalia heterophyla Raf. New Fl. 2: 90 (1837).
Provenzalia palustris (L.) Raf. New Fl. 2: 90 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Calla palustris L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Callapalustris L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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