Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rostellularia procumbens (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:
ampalakkotakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aracalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cailakotacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cailakotakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calaippuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataikarantippuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataiyotti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chì yǎn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cicul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciculakacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciculakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citalakacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citanacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cornam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cornapputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghati-pittapapada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghatipithpapra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
huchhu nelabaevu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jue chuang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jué chuáng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kagner	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamalakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanal pachai ilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanteru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanterucalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanterukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanterukappuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavacanamaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kentakacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kentakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kentan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kentanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kentancalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodagasalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotaculi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotakacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukkuram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuncantatikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuncantatikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuracalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurampakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
liù jiǎo yīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maha nai	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
makhania ghas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutimelalaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naaga pootta chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalilaippairavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalilaippairavikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nela bevu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nerei-poottie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neri pooti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nucchu nelabevu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ottippul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ottotti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paarikalangipatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pansuparyaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parpata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rananayakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rananayakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
renu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shǔ wěi guǎng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sivanarvembu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tacaiyottiyilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tauttiyacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjeru-tardavel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varatikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vittupinnam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
water willow	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
xiǎo qīng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
මහ නයි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
六角英	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小青草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
爵床	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
赤眼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鼠尾廣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
flower	essential oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 35 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Justicia japonica Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 63 (1784).
Justicia procumbens L. Sp. Pl.: 15 (1753).
Dianthera americana Blanco Fl. Filip.: 16 (1837), sensu auct.
Dianthera ciliata Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 12 (1845), nom. illeg.
Ecbolium procumbens (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 488 (1891).
Justicia hayatae var. decumbens Yamam. Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2(Suppl.): 35 (1926).
Justicia hirtella Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2448 (1830).
Justicia media R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 476 (1810).
Justicia procumbens var. hirsuta Yamam. Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2(Suppl.): 32 (1926).
Justicia procumbens f. japonica (Thunb.) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 1: 294 (1948).
Justicia procumbens var. leucantha Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 669 (1930).
Justicia procumbens var. linearifolia Yamam. Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2(Suppl.): 33 (1926).
Justicia procumbens var. riukiuensis Yamam. Icon. Pl. Formosan. 2(Suppl.): 31 (1926).
Justicia procumbens var. typica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 1158 (1929), not validly publ.
Ptyssiglottis sarmentosa (Nees) Boerl. Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 662 (1899).
Rostellaria adenostachya Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 101 (1832).
Rostellaria japonica Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 37: 400 (1866).
Rostellaria procumbens (L.) Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 101 (1832).
Rostellularia adenostachya Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 373 (1847).
Rostellularia blancoi Hassk. Flora 47: 54 (1864).
Rostellularia cradengensis Bremek. Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 84 (1961).
Rostellularia elegans Bremek. Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 85 (1961).
Rostellularia japonica (Thunb.) J.L.Ellis Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22: 196 (1980 publ. 1982).
Rostellularia juncea Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 376 (1847).
Rostellularia magnifolia Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 72 (1948).
Rostellularia media Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 374 (1847).
Rostellularia neglecta Bremek. Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 86 (1961).
Rostellularia procumbens f. alboflora J.L.Liu Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 20: 254 (2000).
Rostellularia procumbens var. hirsuta (Yamam.) S.S.Ying Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 44 (1989).
Rostellularia procumbens var. linearifolia (Yamam.) S.S.Ying Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 45 (1989).
Rostellularia procumbens var. riukiuensis (Yamam.) S.S.Ying Mem. Coll. Agric. Natl. Taiwan Univ. 29(2): 44 (1989).
Rostellularia sarmentosa Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 370 (1847).
Rostellularia sundana Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 62 (1948).
Rostellularia trichochila Miq. J. Bot. Néerl. 1: 118 (1861).
Rungia sarmentosa (Nees) Valeton Icon. Bogor. 3: t. 257 (1908).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Justicia japonica Thunb.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Justicia procumbens	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Justicia procumbens L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Justicia procumbens Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Rostellularia procumbens (L.) Nees	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 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)
Rostellularia procumbens (L.) Ness	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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