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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
batharachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beauty-of-the-night	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bella di notte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
belle-de-nuit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
btusi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
buenas tardes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bunga pechah empat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bunga pukul empat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bunga waktu kechil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
cipo maravilha	Other	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
flor de maravilla	Other	Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
folha-de-maravilha	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
four o clock plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
four o'clock	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
four o'clock plant	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
four-o clock plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
four-o'clock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
four-o-clock flower	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
four-o’clock plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fěn dòu huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fěn tuán huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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-abbaas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gul-e-abbas	Other	Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (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)
gully bady	Other	Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
gulping	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hegisi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
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)
kederat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kembang pagi sore	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kembang pukul empat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lala abas	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
lalausu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
langasani	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lankaphul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lankasoni	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lay-naryi pan	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
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	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
maravilha	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
maravilla	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
maritidha	Other	Pl. & 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
marvel of puru	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
marvel-of-peru	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
meremdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myitzu pan pin	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
mò shí huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
namdare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oshiroi-bana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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)
segerat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seroja	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sheb al-leil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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)
trisandhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tumpara mallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumparamallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
underblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yān zhī huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
zǐ mò lì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zǐ mò lì gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
夜嬌嬌	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
夜飯花	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
晚香花	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
末时花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
煮飯花	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
粉团花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
粉豆花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
素香	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
紫茉莉	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫茉莉叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫茉莉子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫茉莉根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
胭脂花	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Med. Pl. 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 Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
root tuber, tuberous root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
branches, flowers, leaves, roots		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Leaf, root		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Whole plant, leaf, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Leaves		Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
Aerial portion		Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
leaves, tuber, root, seed, flower	juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole plant, root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
flower, seed		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
flower, seed		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (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.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Mirabilis jalapa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Mirabilis jalapa L.	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of Swat Valley, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2018) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) 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 Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) 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)
Mirabilis jalapa Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Mirabilis jalapa Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Mirabilis jalapa Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Mirabilis jalappa L.	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Mirabilis japala	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

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