Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rostellularia mollissima (Nees) Nees [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aangdyan jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bisaune jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gyuru puju	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khursani jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kyubo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
phuli jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ping mhendo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Justicia procumbens var. simplex (D.Don) T.Yamaz. Fl. E. Himal.: 302 (1966).
Justicia simplex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 118 (1825).
Ecbolium khasiana (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 980 (1891).
Ecbolium simplex (D.Don) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 488 (1891).
Justicia diffusa var. orbiculata (Wall. ex T.Anderson) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 538 (1885).
Justicia hispida B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2449 (1830), not validly publ.
Justicia khasiana C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 537 (1885).
Justicia latispica (C.B.Clarke) Gamble Fl. Madras: 1080 (1924).
Justicia mollissima (Nees) Y.F.Deng & T.F.Daniel Fl. China 19: 451 (2011).
Justicia mollissima Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2445 (1830), not validly publ.
Justicia nepalensis V.A.W.Graham Kew Bull. 43: 597 (1988), nom. superfl.
Justicia orbiculata Wall. ex T.Anderson J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 512 (1867).
Justicia procumbens var. latispica C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 539 (1885).
Justicia procumbens subsp. latispica (C.B.Clarke) L.H.Cramer in M.D.Daddanayake & al. (eds.), Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 12: 120 (1998).
Rostellaria mollissima Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 101 (1832).
Rostellaria rotundifolia Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 100 (1832).
Rostellularia diffusa var. orbiculata (Wall. ex T.Anderson) J.L.Ellis Biol. Mem. 2: 109 (1977).
Rostellularia diffusa var. rotundifolia (Nees) J.L.Ellis Bull. Bot. Surv. India 30: 132 (1988 publ. 1990).
Rostellularia khasiana (C.B.Clarke) J.L.Ellis Bull. Bot. Surv. India 20: 172 (1978 publ. 1979).
Rostellularia khasiana var. latispica (C.B.Clarke) C.Y.Wu ex C.C.Hu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 70: 305 (2002).
Rostellularia latispica (C.B.Clarke) Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 71 (1948).
Rostellularia rotundifolia (Nees) Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 370 (1847).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Justicia procumbens Linnaeus var. simplex (D. Don) Yamazaki	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Justicia simplex D.Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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