Plant Details

Accepted name:: Thunbergia fragrans Roxb. [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bejuco borococo	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
benne balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hegala balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indrapushapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indrapushpa balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indrapuspaballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indrathige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indratige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
intiraputpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jimandaarathige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
noorvan valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palatheega	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wěn wō	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
碗花草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
碗花草根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Thunbergia hainanensis C.Y.Wu & H.S.Lo Fl. Hainan. 3: 591 (1974).
Meyenia longiflora Benth. ex Hohen. Flora 32: 558 (1849).
Roxburghia rostrata Russell ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 57 (1847).
Thunbergia angustifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Nees. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 78 (1832), not validly publ.
Thunbergia bodinieri H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 21 (1913).
Thunbergia cordata Colla Hortus Ripul.: 139 (1824).
Thunbergia fragrans subsp. hainanensis (C.Y.Wu & H.S.Lo) H.P.Tsui Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 70: 31 (2002).
Thunbergia fragrans var. heterophylla C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 391 (1884).
Thunbergia fragrans f. javanica C.B.Clarke J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 74: 632 (1905).
Thunbergia heterophylla Wall. Numer. List: n.° 771 (1829), not validly publ.
Thunbergia java Hoffmanns. Preiss-Verzeichn. Pflanzen. 10: 81 (1841).
Thunbergia linearifolia Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 50(4): 73 (1955).
Thunbergia loheri Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 50(4): 75 (1955).
Thunbergia longiflora F.Muell. Fragm. 9: 73 (1875).
Thunbergia mindanaensis Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 50(4): 72 (1955).
Thunbergia roxburghia Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 78 (1832).
Thunbergia scandens Pers. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 57 (1847).
Thunbergia subsagittata Blanco Fl. Filip.: 518 (1837).
Thunbergia volubilis Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 179 (1806).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Thumbergia fragans Roxb.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Thunbergia fragrans	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) 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)
Thunbergia hainanensisC.Y.Wu and H.S.Lo	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)

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