Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pieris formosa (Wall.) D.Don [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bra bu ha	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chanjiwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chimal	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gineri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
padake	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pate	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pra	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
praba	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
prake	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
temal	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Andromeda formosa Wall. Asiat. Res. 13: 395 (1820).
Andromeda forrestii (R.L.Harrow ex W.W.Sm) C.K.Schneid. Gartenbau Reich 11: 209 (1930).
Comarostaphylis formosa (Wall.) Lem. Ill. Hort. 5: t. 162 (1858).
Lyonia formosa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 790 (1936).
Pieris bodinieri H.Lév. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 12: 253 (1903).
Pieris formosa var. forrestii (R.L.Harrow ex W.W.Sm) Airy Shaw Bot. Mag. 157: t. 9371 (1934).
Pieris formosa f. longiracemosa W.P.Fang Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 10: 240 (1938).
Pieris forrestii R.L.Harrow ex W.W.Sm Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 196 (1914).
Pieris huiana W.P.Fang Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 10: 240 (1938).
Pieris japonica subsp. formosa (Wall.) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 25: 37 (1972).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pieris formosa (Wall.) D. Don	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pieris formosa (Wall.) D.Don	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pieris formosa (Wallich) D. Don	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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