Plant Details

Accepted name:: Salacia chinensis L. [Celastraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cherukuranti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chinese salasia	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
courondi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuntan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heen himbutu	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
himbutu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ingali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karukkuvai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayu angu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
korandi	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
mata kuching hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
modhuphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rakat kechil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
saptacakra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saptachakraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
saptarangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
saptrangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
swarnmuula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
හිඹුටු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
桫拉木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Roots		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
root, bark, stem		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Salacia latifolia Wall. ex M.A.Lawson in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 629 (1875).
Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC. Prodr. 1: 571 (1824).
Tontelea prinoides Willd. Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 184 (1803).
Johnia coromandeliana Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 173 (1820).
Johnia serrata Buch.-Ham. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 4219 (1831).
Salacia chinensis var. latifolia (Wall. ex M.A.Lawson) Chakrab. & M.Gangop. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 14: 127 (1990).
Salacia chinensis var. parvifolia (Tardieu) H.H.Pham in unknown publication.
Salacia coromandeliana Teijsm. & Binn. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 392 (1866), nom. nud.
Salacia evonymiflora Zipp. ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 4: 149 (1869).
Salacia littoralis Backer Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië 4: 305 (1907).
Salacia naumannii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 464 (1886).
Salacia patens Decne. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 441 (1834).
Salacia podopetala Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(I): 581 (1863).
Salacia prinoides var. parvifolia Tardieu in unknown publication.
Salacia prinoides var. timorensis Span. Linnaea 15: 179 (1841).
Salacia sinensis J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 107 (1791), orth. var.
Salacia socia Craib Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 352 (1926).
Salacia wightiana Wall. Numer. List: n.° 4221 (1831), not validly publ.
Tonsella chinensis (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 177 (1824).
Tontelea chinensis Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 177 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Salacia chinensis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Salacia chinensis L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Salacia chinensis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Salacia chinesis L.	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
Salacia latifolia Wall.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Salacia latifolia Wall.ex Laws.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Salacia prinoides	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Salacia prinoides (Will.) DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Salacia prinoides (Willd.) DC.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Salacia prinoides DC.	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Tontelea prinoides Willd.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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