Plant Details

Accepted name:: Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) Kuntze [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
assam indigo	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
assam-indigo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ban lan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
banlan	Other	Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
banlangen	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
bannangeng	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
baphicacanthis cusiae rhizoma et radix	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
baphicacanthus	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
baphicacanthus root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
bù qiàng	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
cing dai	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
conehead	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indigo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
indigo naturalis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
khraam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
khumaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ma lan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ma lan gen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mălán	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
nan ban lan gen	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
nan banlangen	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
nanbanlangen	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
natural indigo	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
naturalis indigo	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
qing dai	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
qingdai	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
raampat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rhizoma et radix baphicacanthis cusiae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
ruum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sang mei lan	Other	Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014)
strobilanthes	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
strobilanthes cusia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
strobilanthii cusiae rhizoma et radix	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
taraum	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tarom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tarom siam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
taromsiam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tarum	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tarum kecil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tarum siam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南板蓝叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南板蓝根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南板藍根	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
大青叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
板蓝	Other	Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
板蓝根	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
板藍	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
青黛	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
馬藍	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
马蓝	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, stem	dried powder or mass prepared from the leaf or the stem and leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
leaves, stem, roots		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
leaf and stem		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Leaves		Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Root		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
leaf or the stem and leaf	dried powder or masses perpared from the leaf or the stem and leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
root, dye extract from leaf		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Roots and leaves		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
leaf, stem	dried powder or mass prepared from the leaf or the stem and leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome and root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 41(1): 190 (1944).
Goldfussia cusia Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 88 (1832).
Strobilanthes flaccidifolia Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 194 (1847).
Dipteracanthus calycinus Champ. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 133 (1853).
Ruellia cusia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2386 (1830), not validly publ.
Ruellia indigofera Griff. J. Trav.: 237 (1847).
Ruellia indigotica Fortune Resid. Chin.: 158 (1857).
Strobilanthes balansae Lindau Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 652 (1897).
Strobilanthes championii T.Anderson ex Benth. Fl. Hongk.: 261 (1861).
Strobilanthes flaccida G.Mann Assam Forest. Rep.: 135 (1876), orth. var.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Baphicacanthus cusia	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek.	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremekamp	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Baphicacanthus cusia Bremek	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Goldfussia cusw Nees	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Strobilanthes cusia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) Imlay	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) J. B. Imlay	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) Kuntze	Ethnobot. of Dye Pl. in Dong Communities of China (Liu et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) O.Kuntze	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Strobilanthes cusia (Ness) W. Ktze.	Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018)
Strobilanthes cusia Kuntze	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Strobilanthes flaccidefolius	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Strobilanthes flaccidifolius Nees	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Strobilanthes flaccidifolius Nees.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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