Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tetracera scandens (L.) Merr. [Dilleniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar ampelas putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
akar mempelas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chengat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
empelas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mempelas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mempelas hari betina	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mempelas puteh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mempelas rimau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mempelas tikus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paaniya valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
paniyavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
susavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
锡叶藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, roots	Juice	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves, root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Delima scandens (L.) Burkill Dict. Econ. Prod. Mal. Penins. 1: 776 (1935).
Tetracera fragrans Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 59: 62 (1911), nom. illeg.
Tetracera hebecarpa (DC.) Boerl. Cat. Pl. Phan.: 3 (1899).
Actaea aspera Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 332 (1790).
Calligonum asperum Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 342 (1790).
Delima aspera (Lour.) Blanco Fl. Filip.: 429 (1837).
Delima frangulifolia C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 73 (1835).
Delima hebecarpa DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 407 (1817).
Delima intermedia Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 4 (1825).
Delima piripu DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 408 (1817).
Delima sarmentosa var. hebecarpa (DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson Fl. Ind. 1: 61 (1855).
Delima tripetala Nees & Blume Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 95 (1824).
Delima tripetala G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 71 (1831).
Persicaria piripu (DC.) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 229 (2003).
Tetracera aspera (Lour.) Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr., ed. 3: 147 (1797).
Tetracera assa var. loureiroi Finet & Gagnep. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 4: 3 (1906).
Tetracera loureiroi (Finet & Gagnep.) Pierre ex Craib Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 165 (1922).
Tetracera sarmentosa var. hebecarpa (DC.) Martelli Malesia 3: 150 (1886).
Tetracera sarmentosa var. loureiroi (Finet & Gagnep.) Finet & Gagnep. in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 1: 16 (1907).
Tetracera scandens var. hebecarpa (DC.) K.Heyne Nutt. Pl. Ned.-Ind., ed. 2: 1070 (1927).
Trachytella actaea DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 410 (1817).
Trachytella aspera (Lour.) DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 410 (1817).
Trachytella calligonum DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 410 (1817).
Traxilisa aspera (Lour.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 162 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Delima scandens (L.) Merr.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Delima scandens Burkill.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Tetracera fragrans Ridl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Tetracera hebecarpa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Tetracera scandens	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Tetracera scandens (L.) Merr.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Tetracera scandens (L.) Merrill	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tetracera scandens Merrill	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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