Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene [Verbenaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Phyla nodiflora var. minor (Gillies & Hook.) N.O'Leary & Múlgura

Phyla nodiflora var. reptans (Kunth) Moldenke

Phyla nodiflora var. nodiflora

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agnijvala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akamar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ana-coluppa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahushikha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakkan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhu-kokra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuiokaraa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
bhuiokra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blehha	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
bokenaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bokkena	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
btutalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bukkana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
bukun booti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bàn zhī lián	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
calakirakani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calakkiranitipanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cape weed	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
capeweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
carpetweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cetitta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitrapatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chota-okra	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civakarnanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dà èr láng jiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fog fruit	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
fogfruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
frogfruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fèng lí cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gajapippala-kada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganhiya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
godet's weed	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
grodverbena	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guo jiang teng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guò jiāng téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jal - butti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jal butti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jal pipali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jala pippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jalakana	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
jalakarna	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jalapapili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jalapimpali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jalapippali	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
jalapippalikā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
jalapippalī (whole plant)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
jalpapli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jalpipali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
jalpippali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
jharmaruwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kaanchadaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
kamani	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kampanatakarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuttippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuttippili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katu-tippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kere hippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirumutalatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokaina	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kotikkaccirukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurkur	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kǔ shé cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
laangali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
langali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
link weed	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lippia grass	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ludra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
léi gōng chuī cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maharashtri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mat grass	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
matgrass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
matsyaadani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
matsyadan	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
matsyagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matsyagandhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
matsyagandhā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
matsyādanī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mosalipappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulakalakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulakalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakacinku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
navati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neela hippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru hippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru pippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru pippali kada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nela hippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nela-hippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelahippali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
nila	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
nilappippili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nili	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
nirtippali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
nīrtippili	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
panisigaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
perumpotutalaikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phuli jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
podootalei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
podutalai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
podutalei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poduthalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
poduthalai kudineer	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poduthuvalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ponnankani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potkalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potudalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potutalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potutilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potuttalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potuttali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
poḍuthalai (whole plant)	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
poḍutilai	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
pranada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purcatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purple lippia	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
putatalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
péng lái cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pūṟcātam	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
ratalio	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratavel	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
rataveliyo	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
ratolia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratoliya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakuladani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saradi	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
sawi booti	Other	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
saya di basta	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
shaaradi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shakulaadani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shakuladani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sharadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shí xiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sprain bush	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
talaibodam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talaipotakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talaipotam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talamputam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talapotam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toad's stool	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tosakkinakunmanacini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toyapanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toyavallari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toyavallarī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
toytalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toytalaikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trinashita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turkey tangle frogfruit	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
turkey-tangle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
turkey-tangle frogfruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vannikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vannikaikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vashira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
vashiraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vekkan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verveine	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
verveine sauvage	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
śaradī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
凤梨草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
半枝蓮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大二郎箭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
石莧	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦舌草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蓬莱草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蓬萊草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
过江藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
過江藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
雷公吹草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鳳梨草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Aerial part, leaf		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf, whole plant		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
whole plant	dried whole plant	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
whole plant	dried whole plant	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 15 (1803).
Verbena nodiflora L. Sp. Pl.: 20 (1753).
Blairia nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 266 (1788).
Lippia nodiflora var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 508 (1891), not validly publ.
Platonia nodiflora (L.) Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808).
Zappania nodiflora (L.) Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 59 (1791).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lippia nodiflora	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lippia nodiflora (L.) Rich.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lippia nodiflora L. Rich	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Lippia nodiflora Mich.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lippia nodiflora Richardson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Phyla nodiflora	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phyla nodiflora (L.) E. Greene.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Phyla nodiflora (L.) E.L. Greene	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phyla nodiflora (Linn.) Greene	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Phyla nodiflora (Linnaeus) Greene	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Phyla nodiflora Greene	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Phyla nodiﬂora (L.) Greene	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Phyla odiflora L.	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Verbena nodiflora L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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