Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ruellia strepens L. [Acanthaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
grendietagarum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirandi dakaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiranti takaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiranti-takkaaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kirendinayagum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dipteracanthus micranthus Engelm. & A.Gray Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 257 (1854).
Dipteracanthus oblongatus Nees Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1840: [3] (1840).
Dipteracanthus strepens C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 527 (1845).
Dipteracanthus strepens var. calycinus Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 121 (1847).
Dipteracanthus strepens var. clandestinus Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 122 (1847).
Dipteracanthus strepens var. dillenii Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 122 (1847).
Dipteracanthus strepens f. pedunculatus Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 122 (1847).
Dipteracanthus strepens var. strictus (Nees) Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 122 (1847).
Dipteracanthus strictus Nees Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1838: [3] (1839).
Hygrophila illinoiensis A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 327 (1878).
Ruellia biflora Balb. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 122 (1847), not validly publ.
Ruellia foliosa Schwein. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 122 (1847), not validly publ.
Ruellia oblongifolia Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 122 (1847), not validly publ.
Ruellia ovata Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 122 (1847), not validly publ.
Ruellia strepens f. alba Steyerm. Rhodora 54: 258 (1952).
Ruellia strepens f. cleistantha (A.Gray) S.McCoy Amer. Bot. (Binghamton) 43: 24 (1937).
Ruellia strepens var. cleistantha A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 327 (1878).
Ruellia strepens var. micrantha (Engelm. & A.Gray) Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 300 (1894).
Ruellia vinciflora DC. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 122 (1847), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ruellia strepens L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ruellia strepens Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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