Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rungia pectinata (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:
ali jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bisaune jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chithi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ipicha ghyan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khari jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kharseni nowa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khorseng	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kurkure	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
musaleri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pangali jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
parpata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pindikunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punaka-pundu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punakapundu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
punnaka-p-puntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tavasumurungi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ukuche jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
孩儿草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
疳积草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Justicia pectinata L. Cent. Pl. II: 3 (1756).
Rungia parviflora (Retz.) Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 110 (1832).
Rungia parviflora var. pectinata (L.) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 550 (1885), nom. superfl.
Dianthera parviflora Roxb. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 471 (1847), not validly publ.
Diapedium latius var. integerrimum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 484 (1891).
Diapedium pectinatum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 484 (1891).
Diapedium pectinatum var. brevifolium Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 484 (1891).
Diapedium pectinatum f. lacteum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 484 (1891).
Diapedium pectinatum var. murale Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 484 (1891).
Diapedium pectinatum var. parviflorum (Retz.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 484 (1891).
Dicliptera coerulea Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 790 (1826).
Dicliptera pectinata (L.) Juss. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 169 (1807).
Justicia ciliaris Russell ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 470 (1847).
Justicia coerulea Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 837 (1840).
Justicia infracta Vahl Enum. Pl. 1: 155 (1804).
Justicia parviflora Retz. Observ. Bot. 5: 9 (1788).
Justicia parviflora var. ciliata (Bremek.) Karthig. & Lakshmin. in S.S.Dash & A.A.Mao (eds.), Fl. Pl. India Annot. Checkl. Dicot. 2: 318 (2020).
Justicia repens Vahl ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 470 (1847), not validly publ.
Ruellia dependens Hook. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 470 (1847), not validly publ.
Rungia angustifolia Bremek. Dansk Bot. Ark. 23: 278 (1966).
Rungia coerulea (Blume) Warb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 13: 422 (1891).
Rungia coerulea var. parvifolia Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 77 (1948).
Rungia latior var. malabarensis Hochr. Candollea 5: 238 (1934).
Rungia longifolia Bedd. Icon. Pl. Ind. Or.: t. 266 (1874), nom. illeg.
Rungia origanoides Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 110 (1832).
Rungia parviflora var. aspera Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 470 (1847).
Rungia parviflora var. ciliata Bremek. Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 88 (1961).
Rungia parviflora var. hirsuta Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 470 (1847).
Rungia parviflora subsp. pectinata (L.) L.H.Cramer in M.D.Daddanayake & al. (eds.), Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 12: 105 (1998), nom. superfl.
Rungia parviflora var. submutica Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 470 (1847).
Rungia pectinata var. clarkeana Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 898 (1936).
Rungia polygonoides Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 110 (1832).
Rungia repens T.Anderson J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 518 (1867), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Justicia pectinata L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rungia parviflora (Retz.) Nees var. pectinata (L.) C.B.Clarke	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rungia parviflora (Retzius) Nees	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Rungia parviflora Nees	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rungia pectinata (L.) Nees	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rungia pectinata (L.) Nees.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Rungia pectinata Nees	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

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