Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chhura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
churra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dayflower	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kanjuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanjura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)

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

Commelina obliqua Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 45 (1825), nom. illeg.
Commelina donii A.Dietr. Sp. Pl., ed. 6. 2: 395 (1833).
Commelina paludosa f. pedunculata Qaiser & Jafri Fl. W. Pakistan 84: 13 (1975).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Commelina obliqua	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Commelina obliqua Buch.-Ham.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Commelina obliqua Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Commelina paludosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Commelina paludosa Bl.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Commelina paludosa Blume	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
commelina paludosa Bl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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