Plant Details

Accepted name:

Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites [Araceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

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Information about this plant:

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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
engili kohila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kantakachu	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
kohila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
laksmana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lasia	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
maha kohila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
manitri	Other	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
mulasari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulaseri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Stem, Tubers		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Dracontium spinosum L. Sp. Pl.: 967 (1753).
Lasia aculeata Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 81 (1790).
Lasia heterophylla (Roxb.) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 21 (1832).
Lasia zollingeri Schott Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 125 (1857).
Lasia crassifolia Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 15 (1898).
Lasia crassifolia f. angustisecta Engl. Exsicc. (Arac.) 1883: n.° 194 (1883).
Lasia crassifolia f. latisecta Engl. Exsicc. (Arac.) 1883: n.° 194 (1883).
Lasia desciscens Schott Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 127 (1863).
Lasia hermannii Schott Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 125 (1857).
Lasia jenkinsii Schott Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 125 (1857).
Lasia loureiroi Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 21 (1832), nom. illeg.
Lasia roxburghii Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 155 (1851).
Pothos heterophyllus Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 457 (1820).
Pothos lasia Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 458 (1820).
Pothos spinosus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 4447 C (1831), pro syn.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dracontium spinosum L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lasia aculeata	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lasia aculeata Lour.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lasia aculeata Loureiro	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lasia heterophylla	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lasia heterophylla Schott	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lasia heterophylla Schott Melet	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lasia spinosa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lasia spinosa (L.) Thw.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwait	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites	Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lasia spinosa Thw.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lasia zollingerii	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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