Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pupalia lappacea (L.) Juss. [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Pupalia lappacea var. argyrophylla C.C.Towns.

Pupalia lappacea var. glabrescens C.C.Towns.

Pupalia lappacea var. lappacea

Pupalia lappacea var. orbiculata (B.Heyne ex Wall.) C.C.Towns.

Pupalia lappacea var. velutina (Moq.) Hook.f.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
#ares	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
adai-otti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anamani	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
antupurale gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beesklits	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bosklits	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekwato	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
erra utthareni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
forest burr	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isinama esibomvu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kletterkraut	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
klits	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lisilamatela	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lisilamatwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mamata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
n#atsig#kamadi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
naagadamani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagadaminee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
napikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ngombo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
perunkotiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pu-pal-valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sawnee	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shanalatera	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
silamatela	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
silamatwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sweethearts	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thella utthareni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tledagboko	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
tledagbokokwin	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
undio bhurat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valiyakkotiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wel karalheba	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
wellia-codiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerri chithramoolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
වැල් කරල්හැබ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
fruits, whole plant	dry fruits, dry whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Achyranthes lappacea L. Sp. Pl.: 204 (1753).
Cadelari lappacea (L.) Medik. Malvenfam.: 92 (1787).
Celosia lappacea (L.) Medik. Bot. Beob. 1783: 147 (1784).
Codivalia lappacea (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 40 (1837).
Desmochaeta lappacea (L.) Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 339 (1854).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Achyranthes lappacea L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pupalia lappacea	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A. Juss.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A.Juss.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Pupalia lappacea (L.) A.Juss. var. lappacea	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Pupalia lappacea (L.) Juss.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pupalia lappacea (L.)A.Juss.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pupalia lappacea (Linn.) Juss.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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