Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bettada kanne soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bolhinda	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kulari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulittuppuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutirai kulampati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nabhali	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
netha kina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
veetla-caitu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
බොල්හිඳ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
竹叶菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Commelina cristata L. Sp. Pl.: 42 (1753).
Cyanotis papilionacea (Burm.f.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1151 (1830).
Commelina papilionacea Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 17 (1768).
Cyanotis cavaleriei H.Lév. & Vaniot Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 35: 387 (1906).
Cyanotis huegelii Hassk. Commelin. Ind.: 128 (1870).
Cyanotis imbricata (Roxb.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 103 (1843).
Cyanotis racemosa C.B.Clarke Commelyn. Cyrtandr. Bengal.: 56, t. 36 (1874), sensu auct.
Ephemerum cristatum (L.) Moench Methodus: 238 (1794).
Siphostigma cristata (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 16 (1837).
Tonningia cristata (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 722 (1891).
Tonningia papilionacea (Burm.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 722 (1891).
Tradescantia cristata (L.) L. Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 233 (1767).
Tradescantia cristata B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 246 (1881), not validly publ.
Tradescantia imbricata Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 120 (1824).
Tradescantia papilionacea (Burm.f.) L. Mant. Pl. 2: 513 (1771).
Tradescantia umbellata B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 247 (1881).
Zygomenes cristata (L.) W.Wight Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 404 (1905).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Commelina cristata L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cyanotis cristata	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Cyanotis cristata (L.) D. Don	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cyanotis cristata (L.) D.Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cyanotis papilionacea (Burm. f.) Schult. & Schult. f.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cyanotis papilionaceae (Burm.f.) Schult. & Schult.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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