Plant Details

Accepted name:: Shirakiopsis indica (Willd.) Esser [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bengieri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bitter pumpkin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gayan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gurah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
guring	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hurna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hurnaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karmmatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiri makulu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
komatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pencolum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
samo thale	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
venkshiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
කිරි මකුළු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Juice of tree, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
latex, leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
root bark, fruit, bark		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Excoecaria indica (Willd.) Müll.Arg. Linnaea 32: 123 (1863).
Sapium indicum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 572 (1805).
Excoecaria diversifolia (Miq.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 1211 (1866).
Sapium bingerium Roxb. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 572 (1805), pro syn.
Sapium bingiricum Baill. Étude Euphorb., Atlas: 13 (1858), orth. var.
Sapium bingyricum Roxb. ex Baill. Étude Euphorb., Atlas: t. 6 (1858).
Sapium diversifolium (Miq.) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, V: 241 (1912).
Sapium hurmais Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 229 (1835).
Shirakia indica (Willd.) Hurus. J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 317 (1954).
Stillingia bingyrica Baill. Étude Euphorb.: 513 (1858), not validly publ.
Stillingia diversifolia Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 461 (1861).
Stillingia indica (Willd.) Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 1606 (1841).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Excoecaria indica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Excoecaria indica (Willd.) Müll.Arg.	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)
Excoecaria indica Muell. Arg.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sapium indicum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sapium indicum Willd.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sapium indicum Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Shirakiopsis indica (Willd.) Esser	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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