Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
antu hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antu hunnu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antuhannu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baghachuur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eaya-thandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
embuddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
embudi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ettarumullinaballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hati-ankusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ittaru mullu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ittaru mullu balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kankiputri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karindu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karintu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
konkara patri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
konkaraputhri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
konki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunkupootri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lanja mundaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murukalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murukally	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murukkalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muruvili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muruvilikkodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pisangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sule soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiger nail embra	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
turatticceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
udappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uña de gato negro	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
voltekhatero	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zarza	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, stems		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
bark, leaves	fresh leaves	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pisonia cordifolia Mart. ex J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 359 (1872).
Pisonia mitis L. Sp. Pl.: 1026 (1753).
Pallavia aculeata (L.) Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 151 (1829).
Pisonia aculeata var. guaranitica Chodat Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 17: 164 (1925 publ. 1926).
Pisonia aculeata var. hirsutissima J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 354 (1872).
Pisonia aculeata var. luensis Gagnep. in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 4: 1053 (1936).
Pisonia aculeata var. typica Heimerl Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 632 (1896), not validly publ.
Pisonia acuminata Mart. ex J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 357 (1872), non R.Ludw. (1860) fossil name.
Pisonia anisophylla Hassk. Hort. Bogor. Descr.: 85 (1858).
Pisonia comosa Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 444 (1849).
Pisonia crenulata J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 356 (1872).
Pisonia elliptica J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 361 (1872).
Pisonia florida var. pabstiana Schltdl. Linnaea 23: 575 (1850).
Pisonia georgina Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6768 (1832).
Pisonia grandifolia Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 391 (1911), nom. illeg.
Pisonia helleri Standl. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 21: 187 (1918).
Pisonia limonella Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 735 (1826).
Pisonia loranthoides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 7: 197 (1825).
Pisonia minor Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 443 (1849).
Pisonia monotaxadenia C.Wright Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 7: 199 (1870).
Pisonia nitida Willd. ex Ettingsh. Blattskel. Apetal.: 47 (1858), nom. illeg.
Pisonia pallavia Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 345 (1841).
Pisonia pedicellaris Griseb. ex C.Wright Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 7: 199 (1870).
Pisonia tellulata Huber Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 5: 350 (1909).
Pisonia uniseriata C.Wright Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 7: 200 (1870).
Pisonia villosa Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 347 (1804).
Pisonia yagua-pinda D.Parodi Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 5: 211 (1878).
Tragularia horrida J.Koenig ex Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 217 (1832).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pisonia aculeata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Pisonia aculeata L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) 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. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pisonia aculeata Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Pisonia aculeata Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Pisonia cordifolia Mart.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Pisonia mitis L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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