Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mirabilis jalapa L. [Nyctaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Mirabilis jalapa var. jalapa

Mirabilis jalapa var. oaxacana Heimerl

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ammukkili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
andhimalligai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
andi-malleri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
andimalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
andimalligai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
andimandarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
annmalarntan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anthi-mallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anthimalari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anti-malari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anti-mantaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antimalakikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antimalarakikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antimalarantan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antimalari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antimallai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antimalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antimallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antimantarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antimantaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antinarulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antippu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arukolacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arukolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badrakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barka gurubands	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
batharachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beauty-of-the-night	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bella di notte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
belle-de-nuit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bhadraakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhadrakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhandrakanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhathrakshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bonina	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
buenas tardes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cannata vali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cannatavali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantira mallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantiramallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandra lata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandra mallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandra-kanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandra-kantha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandra-mali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandra-mallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandrakaantha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandrakanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandramalle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandramalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandramallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappuantimalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common four o'clock	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common four-o'clock	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
don diego de noche	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
emdraks	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
false jalap	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
four o clock plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
four o'clock	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
four o'clock plant	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
four-o clock plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
four-o'clock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
four-o-clock flower	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
garden four-o'clock	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gul basi	Other	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
gul-e-abbas	Other	Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
gulabaasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulabans	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulabash	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulabbas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulamaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulbaashi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulbans	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulbas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gule-aabbas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guleaabbas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guli-aabbas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gullumunchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulping	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hendirikka	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kalluli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanankacikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kenta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krishnakeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krisnakeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
labujana	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lala abas	Other	Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
langasani	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lankaphul	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lankasoni	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
madhyaana mallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhyahna mallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhyanha malligay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhyanhamallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malai antimalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaiantimalligaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaiyantimalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaiyantimallikaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malati	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
maravilla	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
maritidha	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
marvel of peru	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
marvel-of-peru	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
meremdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naalku gante hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naalku gante hoovu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naalku ghante hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakajali	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
namdare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oshiroi-bana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
paruvaikkantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paruvatikantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patrashi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattarachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattaracu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattarashu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattiraksi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattiratcam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattiratci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ripuncakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ripuncakaceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ripuncakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saayankaali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandhya-raga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandhyakali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanja mallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanja-mallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanjamallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanje amllige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanje mallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanjimallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sheb al-leil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
taimilamuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taittilamuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taittilamulicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tivacattiyacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tivacattiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tivacttiyaceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tlalquilín	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
tumpara mallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumparamallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
underblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
vibhoothi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vibhoothi hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vieruurtjie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
zahr-ul-ajl	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zi mo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zi mo li	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zi mo li gen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
zimoli	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
紫茉莉	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Leaves, Seeds, Flowers		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Leaves, Flowers		Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
branches, flowers, leaves, roots		Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Leaf, root		Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
whole plant, root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
flower, seed		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
flower, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mirabilis jalapa f. eujalapa Heimerl Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 617 (1896), not validly publ.
Nyctago hortensis Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 1: 654 (1802), nom. superfl.
Nyctago jalapae (L.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 426 (1805).
Nyctago versicolor Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 57 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mirabilis Jalapa.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Mirabilis jalapa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Mirabilis jalapa L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Guía de Pl. Med. En Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Mirabilis jalapa Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Mirabilis jalapa Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Mirabilis jalappa L.	Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Mirabilis japala	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

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