Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aster indicus L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Aster indicus var. collinus (Hance) Soejima & Igari

Aster indicus var. indicus

Aster indicus var. stenolepis (Hand.-Mazz.) Soejima & Igari

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
lù biān jú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
malan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
mǎ lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mǎ lán jú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tián jú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zǐ jú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
田菊	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫菊	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
路边菊	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
马兰	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
马兰菊	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
whole shoot system, root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kalimeris indica (L.) Sch.Bip. in H.Zollinger, Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 2: 125 (1854).
Asteromoea indica (L.) Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 901 (1826).
Callistemma indicum (L.) G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 348 (1830).
Callistephus indicus (L.) DC. Prodr. 5: 275 (1836).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aster indicus L.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Kalimeris indica	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Kalimeris indica (L.) Sch. Bip.	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Kalimeris indica (L.) Sch.-Bep.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Kalimeris indica (L.) Sch.-Bip.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Kalimeris indica Sch.Bip.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Kalimeris indica Schauer	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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