Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nymphoides hydrophylla (Lour.) Kuntze [Menyanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akacavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anthara thaamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anthara thaavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baank	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandmalla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chiri alli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crestad floating heart	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ghainchu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
heen ambala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
heen olu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kalanusariva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumuda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumudini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kumudni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumudwuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lodh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panchuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pitta kaluva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagarmul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagarmuula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tsjeroea-citambel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed, stalks, leaves, rhizome, root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Limnanthemum cristatum (Roxb.) Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 342 (1839).
Limnanthemum hydrophyllum (Lour.) Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 348 (1839).
Nymphoides cristata (Roxb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 429 (1891).
Limnanthemum taquetii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 285 (1910).
Menyanthes cristata Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 2: 3 (1799).
Menyanthes hydrophyllum Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 105 (1790).
Menyanthes sinarica Buch.-Ham. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 128 (1841), not validly publ.
Villarsia cristata (Roxb.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 582 (1824).
Villarsia hydrophyllum (Lour.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 181 (1819).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Limnanthemum cristatum (Roxb.) Griseb.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Limnanthemum cristatum Griseb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Limnanthemum hydrophyllum Grisebach	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Nymphoides cristata (Roxb.) Kuntze	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Nymphoides cristata (Roxb.) O. Ktze.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Nymphoides cristata (Roxburgh) Kuntze	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Nymphoides hydrophylla	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Nymphoides hydrophylla (Lour.) Kuntze	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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