Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ixora nigricans R.Br. ex Wight & Arn. [Rubiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aathunilapoopatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adayaa;a	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adayala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adyaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aelegaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadalai maram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaepala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katkuda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katkura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kisugaare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lokhandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macakani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mashagani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
udappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ixora acutiflora (Reinw. ex Korth.) Reinw. ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 272 (1857).
Ixora affinis Rollison Gard. Chron. 1857: 418 (1857).
Ixora affinis Wall. ex Craib Fl. Siam. 2: 147 (1934), nom. illeg.
Ixora affinis var. arguta (Hook.f.) Craib Fl. Siam. 2: 147 (1934).
Ixora affinis var. plumea (Ridl.) Craib Fl. Siam. 2: 148 (1934).
Ixora arguta (Hook.f.) King & Gamble J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 73: 74 (1904).
Ixora densa R.Br. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6150 (1831), nom. nud.
Ixora erubescens Wall. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 571 (1834).
Ixora memecylifolia Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41: 316 (1872).
Ixora nigricans var. arguta Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 149 (1880).
Ixora nigricans var. erubrescens (Wall. ex G.Don) Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 149 (1877).
Ixora nigricans var. genuina Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 149 (1877), not validly publ.
Ixora nigricans var. ovalis Pierre ex Pit. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 322 (1924).
Ixora nigricans var. typica Hochr. Candollea 5: 258 (1934), not validly publ.
Ixora plumea Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 59: 117 (1911).
Pavetta acutiflora Reinw. ex Korth. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 2(4): 262 (1851).
Pavetta erubescens (Wall. ex G.Don) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 270 (1857).
Pavetta nigricans (R.Br. ex Wight & Arn.) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 272 (1857).
Pavetta subulata Teijsm. & Binn. Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 3: 327 (1852).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ixora nigricans	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Ixora nigricans Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ixora nigricans R. Br. ex Wight & Arn.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ixora nigricans R.Br ex Wight & Arn.	Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999)
Ixora nigricans R.Br. ex Wight & Arn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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