Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ludwigia perennis L. [Onagraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
carambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaere bandu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kere bendu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lavanga kaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lwangjhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mucar katilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musalkathilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musarkathilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muyarkatilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paddy clove	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pan-lawang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
细花丁香蓼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ludwigia caryophyllea (Lam.) Merr. & F.P.Metcalf Lingnan Sci. J. 16: 396 (1937).
Ludwigia parviflora Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 440 (1820).
Isnardia jussieuodes Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 251 (1891).
Isnardia multiflora Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 295 (1833).
Isnardia parviflora (Roxb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 251 (1891).
Jussiaea carophyllaea Lam. Encycl. 3: 331 (1789).
Jussiaea maderaspatana Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 447 (1821).
Jussiaea perennis (L.) Brenan Kew Bull. 8: 163 (1953).
Ludwigia gracilis Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 629 (1856).
Ludwigia humbertii Robyns & Lawalrée Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 291 (1947).
Ludwigia jussiaeoides Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6335 (1832).
Ludwigia lythroides Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1134 (1827).
Ludwigia multiflora (Guill. & Perr.) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 75 (1843).
Ludwigia nesaeoides H.Perrier Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 141 (1947).
Ludwigia oppositifolia L. Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 125 (1767).
Ludwigia zeylanica Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 145 (1805).
Oenothera quadricolumnata Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 21 (1790), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ludwigia caryophylla (Lam.) Merr. & Mete.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ludwigia parviflora Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ludwigia perennis L	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ludwigia perennis L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) 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)
Ludwigia perennis Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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