Plant Details

Accepted name:: Myrsine semiserrata Wall. [Primulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bains	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banvan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaunta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalikath	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
muntta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
针刺铁仔	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Celastrus seguinii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 262 (1914).
Myrsine acuminata Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 265 (1835).
Myrsine khasyana Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 21 (1877).
Myrsine semiserrata var. brachypoda Z.Y.Zhu Acta Bot. Yunnan. 4: 50 (1982).
Myrsine sessilis D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 146 (1825).
Myrsine subspinosa D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 147 (1825).
Pilogyne kerrii Gagnep. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 291 (1948).
Samara sessilis Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 147 (1825).
Samara subspinosa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 147 (1825).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Myrsine semiserrata Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Myrsine semiserrata Wall. ex Roxb.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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