Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gardner ex Thwaites [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mediya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
mziwaziwa	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
wal mediya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
yǒng měng bǒ ā	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
මැඩිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
වල් මැඩිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
仔榄树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cameraria zeylanica Retz. Observ. Bot. 4: 24 (1786).
Hunteria corymbosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 531 (1824).
Hunteria legocii Livera Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 140 (1926).
Hunteria roxburghiana Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1294 (1848).
Gynopogon lanceolatus Kurz Forest Fl. Burma 2: 177 (1877).
Hunteria africana K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 317 (1895).
Hunteria corymbosa var. roxburghiana (Wight) Trimen ex Gamble Fl. Madras 2: 808 (1923).
Hunteria corymbosa var. salicifolia (Wall. ex A.DC.) Hallier f. Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 195 (1900).
Hunteria corymbosa var. zeylanica (Retz.) Hallier f. Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 195 (1900), nom. superfl.
Hunteria lanceolata Wall. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 350 (1844).
Hunteria zeylanica var. africana (K.Schum.) Pichon Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 27: 112 (1953).
Hunteria zeylanica var. salicifolia (Wall. ex A.DC.) Pichon Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 27: 111 (1953).
Tabernaemontana parviflora B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1580 (1829), nom. nud.
Tabernaemontana salicifolia Wall. ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 376 (1844).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cameraria zeylanica Retz.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hunteria corymbosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hunteria corymbosa Roxb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Hunteria legocii Livera	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Hunteria roxburghiana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hunteria zeylanica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gard. ex Thaw.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gard. ex Thw.	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gardner ex Thwaites	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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