Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vateria copallifera (Retz.) Alston [Dipterocarpaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
hal	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
හල්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark of the stem, Leaves, Seed		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Vateria acuminata Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 11: t. 5 (1830).
Elaeocarpus copallifer Retz. Observ. Bot. 4: 27 (1786).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Vateria acuminata	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vateria acuminata Hayne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Vateria copallifera	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Vateria copallifera (Retz.) Alston	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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