Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lepidagathis cristata Willd. [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aewal kangio	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aewal-kangio	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balukucha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhangri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuigend	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuyaterada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gantu kaalu gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gantu kaalu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gantu kaalukadale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jameenghota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karappan puntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karappanpoondu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karappanputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kilkkuranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullu jaagana gadde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patta fori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phootaliya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poopeed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shora daitika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acanthus cristatus Rottler ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 256 (1847).
Lepidagathis cristata var. latifolia Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 256 (1847).
Lepidagathis mitis var. latifolia (Nees) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 67 (2003).
Lepidagathis mitis var. subarmata C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 516 (1885).
Lepidagathis rupestris Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 96 (1832).
Lepidagathis rupestris Bedd. Icon. Pl. Ind. Or.: t. 229 (1874).
Lepidagathis shuteri T.Anderson J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 494 (1867).
Lepidagathis subarmata (C.B.Clarke) Gamble Fl. Madras: 1067 (1924).
Ruellia radiciflora Vahl ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 160 (1847), not validly publ.
Selago acaulis Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 256 (1847).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lepidagathis cristata Willd.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lepidagathis cristata Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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