Plant Details

Accepted name:: Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar ulan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
black eyed susan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
black-eyed susan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chéng sè dèng bó huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hēi yǎn huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hēi yǎn sū sān	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
makti mooya	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
nkurimwonga	Other	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
vettu kaya thalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
橙色邓伯花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黑眼花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黑眼苏三	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaf		Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Endomelas alata (Bojer ex Sims) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 67 (1838).
Thunbergia alata var. alba Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 3: 28 (1837).
Thunbergia alata var. albiflora Hook. Bot. Mag. 63: t. 3512 (1836).
Thunbergia alata var. marginata Hohen. Flora 32: 558 (1849).
Thunbergia alata var. minor S.Moore J. Bot. 39: 300 (1901).
Thunbergia alata var. retinervia Burkill in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 17 (1899).
Thunbergia alata var. velutina Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 45(2): 8 (1948).
Thunbergia alata var. vixalata Burkill in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 16 (1899).
Thunbergia albiflora Gordon Gard. Chron. 1845: 169 (1845).
Thunbergia aurantiaca Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 6: 269 (1839).
Thunbergia backeri E.Vilm. Fl. Pleine Terre, ed. 2: 919 (1866).
Thunbergia bakeri Bosse Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2, 3: 489 (1842).
Thunbergia bikimaensis De Wild. Pl. Bequaert. 1: 446 (1922).
Thunbergia delamerei S.Moore J. Bot. 38: 205 (1900).
Thunbergia doddsii Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 15: t. 221 (1849).
Thunbergia fryeri Jacques & Hérincq Man. Gén. Pl. 3: 445 (1851).
Thunbergia fuscata T.Anderson ex Lindau Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 40 (1893).
Thunbergia kamatembica Mildbr. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 84 (1943).
Thunbergia leucantha Van Houtte Hort. Belge 3: 249 (1836).
Thunbergia manganjensis Lindau Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 92 (1893).
Thunbergia nymphaeifolia Lindau Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 184 (1902).
Thunbergia oculata S.Moore J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38: 269 (1908).
Valentiana volubilis Raf. Specchio Sci. 1: 87 (1814).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Thunbergia alata	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Thunbergia alata Boj.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Thunbergia alata Boj. ex Sims	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994)
Thunbergia alata Boj.ex Sims.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Thunbergia alata Bojer	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Thunbergia alata Bojer ex Sims	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Thunbergia alata Sims	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)

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