Plant Details

Accepted name:: Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavi donda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amantamul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ananthamool	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bimpuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gommet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gouti balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuvikkilannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kawudu kekiri	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
nerinnampuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulivanci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulivanji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukakandah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thiên hoa phấn	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
tiddanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiyyadonda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
කවුඩු කැකිරි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
茅瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
茅瓜叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Root, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bryonia amplexicaulis Lam. Encycl. 1: 496 (1785).
Bryonia heterophylla Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr., ed. 3: 282 (1797).
Bryonia solena Mirb. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 233 (1840).
Cucurbita sagittata Klein ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 452 (1840).
Harlandia bryonioides Hance in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 648 (1852).
Juchia hastata M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 48 (1846).
Karivia amplexicaulis (Lam.) Arn. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 275 (1841).
Karivia sinuosa M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 46 (1846).
Melothria amplexicaulis (Lam.) Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 621 (1881).
Momordica heterophylla Cogn. ex F.B.Forbes & Hemsl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 318 (1887).
Momordica tubulosa Buch.-Ham. ex Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 12: 136 (1859), not validly publ.
Zehneria filiformis Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 655 (1856).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bryonia amplexicaulis Lam.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Solena amplexicaulis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Dandhi	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) 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)
Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.)Gandhi	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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