Plant Details

Accepted name:: Commelina benghalensis L. [Commelinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
?ua?isa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
adutinnathalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amala ilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aturae	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bakhana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bakhna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban kane	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bayad	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
benghal commelina	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
benghal dayflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blouselblommetjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blue commelina	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blue wandering jew	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
buchna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bukano	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chidyahumba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
day flower	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dayflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
diya meneriya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
dzadza	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dà yè lán huā zhú zī cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ekoropot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
enkaiteteyiai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
etirae	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fire leaf	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fàn bāo cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gezi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
goche	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gubbachhi basale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hairy wandering-jew	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hittagani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hittugani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
idambiso	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
idangabane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
idemadema	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
idlebendlele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ikengera	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ikengra ika	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indabane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indian dayflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indisk himmelsblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
isilalambethe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
itula	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jio	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kaane sura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaanom vazhai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kafuru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kamchat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kana keerai	Other	Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
kanan valai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kananagakarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kanangakarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanangkari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanankolai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanavaazhai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanavalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanavazhai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kanavazhiain	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kancatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanchara	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kanchata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kanchura	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kane jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kanema	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kaniya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kanjula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kankawwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kanne soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kansuda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kansura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanteri	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kanvo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kaph	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karnamorata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karnasphota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kattukkanankolai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
khope-e-nyenyane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khotsoana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khotswana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
konnesoppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kosapuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ledapa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lifwafwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lifwatwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
linyolonyolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lobbitiet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makai mhendo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
marishajalaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukengeria	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mukengeya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mǎ ěr cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nabutachwee	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nang'ombwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
neerukaassuvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ngaiteteyai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nirukassuvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
odielo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
paniya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
partation	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pizar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
portotion	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
qiān rì shài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
situangenzo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tanduliya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thengai pootu kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trapoeraba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tropical spiderwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
uhlotshane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vatspriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vennadevikura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venus' bath	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wandelende jood	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wandering jew	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wandering-jew	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
whiskered commelina	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
yanadra aaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zhú yè cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhú zhú cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
දිය මෙනේරිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
千日晒	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大叶兰花竹仔菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
竹叶菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
竹竹菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
饭包草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
马耳草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
马耳菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Entire plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rhizome		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Commelina cavaleriei H.Lév. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 35: 387 (1906).
Commelina acuminata R.Br. in H.Salt, Voy. Abyss., App. 4: 62 (1814), nom. nud.
Commelina benghalensis var. hirsuta C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 160 (1881).
Commelina benghalensis subsp. hirsuta (C.B.Clarke) J.K.Morton J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 60: 215 (1967).
Commelina benghalensis f. variegata Hochr. Candollea 2: 320 (1925).
Commelina canescens Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 173 (1805).
Commelina cucullata L. Mant. Pl. 2: 176 (1771).
Commelina delicatula Schltdl. Gartenflora 3: 349 (1854).
Commelina hirsuta R.Br. in H.Salt, Voy. Abyss., App. 4: 62 (1814), nom. nud.
Commelina kilimandscharica K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 134 (1895).
Commelina mollis Jacq. Collectanea 3: 235 (1791).
Commelina nervosa Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 18 (1768).
Commelina obscura K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 135 (1895).
Commelina poligama Fern.-Vill. in F.M.Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 3. 4(13A): Ic. s.n. (1880).
Commelina procurrens Schltdl. Linnaea 25: 183 (1852).
Commelina prostrata Regel Gartenflora 17: 289 (1868), sensu auct.
Commelina pyrrhoblepharis Hassk. in G.Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 209 (1867).
Commelina pyrrhoblepharis var. glabra Pic.Serm. Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 7(1): 172 (1951).
Commelina radiciflora R.Br. ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 159 (1881).
Commelina rhizocarpa Afzel. ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 159 (1881).
Commelina rufociliata C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 54 (1901).
Commelina saltiana Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 402 (1840), not validly publ.
Commelina senegalensis Ten. Cat. Ort. Bot. Napoli: 22 (1845).
Commelina turbinata Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 171 (1805), nom. superfl.
Commelina uncata C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 169 (1881).
Commelina villosiuscula Sol. ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 159 (1881).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Commelina bengalensis L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Commelina benghalensis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Commelina benghalensis L.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Commelina benghalensis L. benghalensis	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Commelina benghalensis L., nom. cons.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Commelina benghalensis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Commelina benghalensis Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Commelina benghalensis var. benghalensis	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Commelina cavaleriei Levl.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Commelina hengalensis L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
commelina benghalensis L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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