Plant Details

Accepted name:: Avicennia alba Blume [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
api api putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
api-api	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
api-api hitam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
api-api puti	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
api-api putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hǎi qié dōng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hǎi qié dōng shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
indian mangrove	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mǎ biān cǎo kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
samae khao	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tivar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
海茄冬	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
海茄冬属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
马鞭草科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
resin, root, seed, young seedling		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Avicennia alba var. latifolia Moldenke Phytologia 1: 410 (1940).
Avicennia marina var. alba (Blume) Bakh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 3: 103 (1921).
Avicennia officinalis var. alba (Blume) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 604 (1885).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Avicennia alba	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Avicennia alba Bl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Avicennia alba Blume	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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