Plant Details

Accepted name:: Oldenlandia herbacea var. herbacea [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb.
Infraspecies:: 2

Oldenlandia herbacea var. goetzei Bremek.

Oldenlandia herbacea var. holstii (K.Schum.) Bremek.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
nankanam pul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Oldenlandia heynei (R.Br. ex Wall.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 531 (1834).
Hedyotis dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.) A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 361 (1848), nom. illeg.
Hedyotis diffusa Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 413 (1824), nom. illeg.
Hedyotis heynei R.Br. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 867 (1829).
Hedyotis linearis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 728 (1840).
Hedyotis micrantha Hochst. ex Hiern in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 60 (1877).
Hedyotis stricta Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 17: n.° 21 (1811), nom. illeg.
Hedyotis trichopoda A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 360 (1848).
Hedyotis triflora Wall. Numer. List: n.° 867 (1829), nom. nud.
Kohautia stricta DC. Prodr. 4: 430 (1830).
Oldenlandia asperula DC. Prodr. 4: 425 (1830).
Oldenlandia dichotoma Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 416 (1834), nom. illeg.
Oldenlandia dichotoma var. papillosa Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 89 (1916).
Oldenlandia herbacea var. dolichantha Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 48(2): 249 (1952).
Oldenlandia herbacea var. dolichocarpa Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 48(2): 248 (1952).
Oldenlandia herbacea var. dolichosepala Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 48(2): 249 (1952).
Oldenlandia herbacea var. flaccida Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 48(2): 248 (1952).
Oldenlandia herbacea var. papillosa (Chiov.) Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 48(2): 249 (1952).
Oldenlandia heynei Oliv. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 84 (1873), nom. illeg.
Oldenlandia heynei var. djalonis A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 311 (1920).
Oldenlandia stricta (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 292 (1891), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Oldenlandia heynei (R.Br. ex Wall.) G.Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Oldenlandia heynii G.Don.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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