Plant Details

Accepted name:: Litsea myristicifolia (Wall. ex Nees) Hook.f. [Lauraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
medang asam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
medang baros	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
medang bunga	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
medang hitam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
medang keladi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
medang kelaya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
medang tahi ayam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
penaga nasi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cylicodaphne griffithii (Wight) Nakai Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 33 (1948).
Cylicodaphne myristicifolia (Wall. ex Nees) Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 208 (1864).
Cylicodaphne myristicifolia var. acutata Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15: 209 (1864).
Cylicodaphne oblonga var. griffithii (Wight) Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 205 (1864).
Lepidadenia griffithii Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1846 (1852).
Malapoenna myristicifolia (Wall. ex Nees) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 573 (1891).
Tetranthera myristicifolia Wall. ex Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 67 (1831).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Litsea myristicifolia Hook. f.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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