Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rungia repens (L.) Nees [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aathusirukalangipatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataikkaranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cayacutani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
creeping rungia	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ghatipitpapada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuroman	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharamora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharmar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharmor	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kodaga saale gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodaga saleh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodaga-saleh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kodagasaale gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodagasalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodagasaleh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotacari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotaculi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotacuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotakacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palakavelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parpata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
parpatha	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudaabu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sulu nai	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
සුලු නයි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots, Stems, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
herb, leaves, flower	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Justicia repens L. Sp. Pl.: 15 (1753).
Diapedium repens (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 485 (1891).
Diapedium repens f. albiflorum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 485 (1891).
Diapedium repens var. albopalatiferum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 485 (1891).
Diapedium repens f. coeruleum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 485 (1891).
Diapedium repens f. maculatum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 485 (1891).
Diapedium repens f. roseum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 485 (1891).
Dicliptera repens (L.) Juss. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 269 (1807).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Justicia repens L.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rungia repens	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Rungia repens (L.) Nees	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rungia repens Nees	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rungia repens Nees.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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