Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bassia indica (Wight) A.J.Scott [Amaranthaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bassia indica whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
bui-chholi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kauraro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit, leaves, aerial parts		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Kochia indica Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1791 (1852).
Bassia joppensis Bornm. & Dinsm. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 274 (1921).
Kochia griffithii Bunge ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 924 (1879).
Kochia scoparia subsp. indica (Wight) Aellen Mitt. Basler Bot. Ges. 2: 15 (1954).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bassia indica (Wight) A.J.Scott	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Kochia indica	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Kochia indica Wight	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Kochia indica Wt.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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