Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites [Araceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bekil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ci yu	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
engili kohila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gali-gali	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
gegeli	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
geli-geli	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaantaasaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kantakachoramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kantakachu	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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)
lasia spinosa whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
maha kohila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
manitri	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
mulasari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mulaseri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nyambing	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
phak nam	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
ráy gai	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
sampi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
segeli	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shan lian ou	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
刺芋	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山莲藕	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
竻慈姑	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Stem, Tubers		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves, roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves, roottock, fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole-plant		Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
Root		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)

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

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 hermanni 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	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
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	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (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) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Med. Pl. for Skin Diseases, Sri Lanka (Napagoda et al., 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Lasia spinosa (L.) Thw.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwait	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwait.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lasia spinosa THWAITES	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Lasia spinosa Thw.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lasia spinosa Thwaites.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Lasia zollingerii	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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