Plant Details

Accepted name:: Arisaema leschenaultii Blume [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
indian turnip	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
naagara hede	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wal kidaram	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
වල් කිඩාරම්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arisaema filicaudatum N.E.Br. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 253 (1880).
Arisaema huegelii Schott Syn. Aroid.: 27 (1856).
Arisaema longicaudatum Blatt. J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, n.s., 26: 362 (1930 publ. 1931).
Arisaema papillosum Steud. ex Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 46 (1860).
Arisaema pulchrum N.E.Br. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 252 (1880).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arisaema leschenaultii	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Arisaema leschenaultii Bl.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Arisaema leschenaultii Blume	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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