Plant Details

Accepted name:: Poikilospermum suaveolens (Blume) Merr. [Urticaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar murah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mentawan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tentawan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhui tou ma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Conocephalus suaveolens Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 483 (1825).
Balansaephytum tonkinense Drake Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 83 (1896).
Conocephalus ellipticus Trécul Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 8: 91 (1847).
Conocephalus gratus Miq. Pl. Jungh.: 43 (1851).
Conocephalus mollis Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 108 (1926), nom. illeg.
Conocephalus mollis Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 18: 51 (1921).
Conocephalus naucleiformis Lindl. Bot. Reg. 14: t. 1203 (1829).
Conocephalus oblanceolatus Ridl. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 81 (1926).
Conocephalus ovatus Trécul Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 8: 88 (1847).
Conocephalus piperi Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 8: 2770 (1915).
Conocephalus pubescens Trécul Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 8: 90 (1847).
Conocephalus roxburghii Trécul Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 8: 88 (1847).
Conocephalus sinensis C.H.Wright J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 471 (1899).
Conocephalus tonkinensis (Drake) Renner Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 409 (1907).
Conocephalus violaceus (Blanco) Merr. Publ. Bur. Sci. Gov. Lab. 27: 80 (1905).
Covellia composita Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(2): 324 (1859).
Covellia grandifolia Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 434 (1861).
Poikilospermum gagnepainii Merr. Contr. Arnold Arbor. 8: 50 (1934).
Poikilospermum molle (Merr.) Merr. Contr. Arnold Arbor. 8: 51 (1934).
Poikilospermum oblanceolatum (Ridl.) Merr. Contr. Arnold Arbor. 8: 51 (1934).
Poikilospermum piperi (Elmer) Merr. Contr. Arnold Arbor. 8: 51 (1934).
Poikilospermum sinense (C.H.Wright) Merr. Contr. Arnold Arbor. 8: 51 (1934).
Poikilospermum tonkinense (Drake) Merr. Contr. Arnold Arbor. 8: 52 (1934).
Procris violacea Blanco Fl. Filip.: 706 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Conocephalus suaveolens	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Conocephalus suaveolens Blume	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Conocephalus suaveolens Blume.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Poikilospermum suaveolens	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Poikilospermum suaveolens (BI.) Merr.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Poikilospermum suaveolens (Bl.) Merr.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Poikilospermum suaveolens (Blume) Merr.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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