Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nymphoides indica (L.) 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:
anthara thaamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bara chuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bara-chuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barachuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chinnambal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kamadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumudini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumudu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
maha ambala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
nedel-ambel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru thaavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soldanella de agua	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
telepok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
water snow flake	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
white lotus	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
铜苋菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flowers, Seeds, Stamens, Stems, Tuber		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Limnanthemum indicum (L.) Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 343 (1839).
Menyanthes indica L. Sp. Pl.: 145 (1753).
Limnanthemum calycinum Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 564 (1857).
Limnanthemum ecklonianum Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 346 (1839).
Limnanthemum esquirolii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 259 (1914).
Limnanthemum forsteri Seem. Fl. Vit.: 168 (1866), nom. provis.
Limnanthemum fraserianum Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 346 (1839).
Limnanthemum humboldtianum var. parviflorum Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 347 (1839).
Limnanthemum indicum var. siamense Ostenf. Bot. Tidsskr. 24: 263 (1902).
Limnanthemum kleinianum Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 344 (1839), nom. superfl.
Limnanthemum sumatranum S.Moore J. Bot. 63(Suppl.): 71 (1925).
Limnanthemum wightianum Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 344 (1839).
Menyanthes brasilica Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 75 (1829).
Menyanthes macrophylla Roth ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 180 (1819).
Menyanthes meridionalis Willd. ex Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 347 (1839).
Menyanthes petioliflora Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 299 (1812).
Nymphoides eckloniana (Griseb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 429 (1891).
Nymphoides siamensis (Ostenf.) Kerr Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1940: 184 (1940).
Villarsia communis A.St.-Hil. Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 413 (1833).
Villarsia eglandulosa Griff. Itin. Pl. Khasyah Mts.: 15 (1848).
Villarsia glandulosa Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 89 (1854).
Villarsia indica (L.) Vent. Choix Pl.: t. 9 (1803).
Villarsia macrophylla Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 180 (1819).
Villarsia nymphaeifolia Fraser Bot. Misc. 1: 257 (1830).
Villarsia platiphylla A.St.-Hil. Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 413 (1833).
Villarsia rheedei Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 1031 (1834).
Villarsia simsii G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 169 (1837).
Villarsia swartzii G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 169 (1837).
Villarsia trachysperma F.Muell. Fragm. 6: 136 (1868), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Limnanthemum indicum (L.) Griseb.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Limnanthemum indicum Girseb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Limnanthemum indicum Thwaites	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Limnanthumum indicum Thwaites.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
MenjXlnthes indica L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Nymphaeoides indicum Kuntze	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Nymphoides indica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Trad. Aboriginal Meds in N Territory (Barr et al., 1993) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Nymphoides indica (L.) O. Kuntze	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Nymphoides indica (L.) O.Ktze.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Nymphoides indica (L.) O.Kuntze	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Nymphoides indica (Linn.) O Ktze.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Nymphoides indicum (L.) Kuntze	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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