Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bhagga-chura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cabbage tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chandi keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinaisalit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
illachaikkettayilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kemudu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ketta	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
laccai-k-kottai kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lancamuntakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leechai kottai keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lettuce tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mengkudu putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mengkudu siam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
moluccan cabbage	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moonlight tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
muruval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naccukkottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nachu kottai keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pisonia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
puatea	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
putih pulu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wathabhanga	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
කෙට්ට	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
වාතභංග	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves, root	fresh leaves	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ceodes grandis (R.Br.) D.Q.Lu Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 26: 3 (1996).
Cordia olitoria Blanco Fl. Filip.: 123 (1837).
Pisonia alba Span. Linnaea 15: 342 (1841).
Pisonia morindifolia R.Br. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 7130 (1832).
Pisonia sylvestris Teijsm. & Binn. Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 9: 349 (1855).
Calpidia forsteriana (Endl. ex Walp.) Heimerl Oesterr. Bot. Z. 63: 284 (1913).
Calpidia macrophylla Bojer Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. île Maurice 11: 42 (1841).
Ceodes forsteriana (Endl. ex Walp.) Skottsb. Acta Horti Gothob. 2: 231 (1926).
Pisonia forsteriana Endl. ex Walp. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 403 (1843).
Pisonia inermis G.Forst. Fl. Ins. Austr.: 75 (1786), nom. illeg.
Pisonia macrophylla Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 354 (1821).
Pisonia macrophylla Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 446 (1849), nom. illeg.
Pisonia malabarica Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 447 (1849).
Pisonia olitoria (Blanco) Zoll. Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 14: 154 (1857).
Pisonia procera Bertero ex Guill. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 7: 191 (1837).
Pisonia viscosa Balf.f. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 19 (1877).
Plectronia macconnelii Horne ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 363 (1883), pro syn.
Timeroyea canalensis S.Moore J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 45: 379 (1921).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ceodes grandis (R.Br.) D.Q.Lu	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cordia olitoria Blanco	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pisonia alba	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pisonia alba Span.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pisonia alba Spanoghe	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pisonia grandis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pisonia grandis R. Br.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Pisonia grandis R.Br.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pisonia grandis R.Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pisonia morindifolia R.Br.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pisonia silvestris T. & B.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pisonia sylvestris T & B	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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