Plant Details

Accepted name:: Neohymenopogon parasiticus (Wall.) Bennet [Rubiaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
banbiri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bangaja	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
biri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
danta biri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gobre kath	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hansaraj	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
石老虎	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
藏丁香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hymenopogon parasiticus Wall. in W.Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 2: 157 (1824).
Hymenopogon parasiticus var. longiflorus F.C.How ex W.C.Chen Guihaia 7: 297 (1987).
Mussaenda cuneifolia D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 139 (1825).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hymenopogon parasiticus Wall.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hymenopogon parasiticus Wall. var. longiflorus How	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hymenopogon perasiticus Wall.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Neohymenopogon parasiticus (Wall.) Bennet	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Neohymenopogon parasiticus (Wallich) S.S.R. Bennet	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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