Plant Details

Accepted name:: Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke [Orobanchaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!ha'a!aia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
baeru maari gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilichigan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blou-rooiblommetjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bloublom	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gaddi badamika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gwal-mehndi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hothe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
igalo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kakadona	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
laal-giyaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lalagia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
missi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
onime	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
purple witchweed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rooiblom	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
seona	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sono	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Buchnera gesnerioides Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 338 (1800).
Buchnera orobanchoides R.Br. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 2: 388 (1832).
Harveya varia Hook. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 723 (1840).
Orobanche varia E.Mey. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 231 (1841), not validly publ.
Striga chloroleuca Dinter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 367 (1927).
Striga orobanchoides (R.Br.) Benth. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 361 (1836).
Buchnera hydrabadensis Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 292 (1821).
Campuleia coerulea Bojer ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 501 (1846).
Campuleia rosea Bojer ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 501 (1846).
Chorobanche indica C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 521 (1845).
Microsyphus parviflorus C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 521 (1845).
Orobanche indica Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 817 (1825).
Psammostachys varia C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 521 (1845).
Striga gesnerioides var. arondensis M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 3B: 420 (2001), no Latin descr. or type.
Striga gesnerioides var. minor Santapau Kew Bull. 1948: 491 (1949).
Striga orchidea Hochst. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 501 (1846).
Striga scottiana Jeeva, Shyn.Brintha & Rasingam J. Basic Appl. Biol. 6(3-4): 79 (2012).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Buchnera gesnerioides Willd.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Buchnera orobanchoides R.Br. name only	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Harveya varia (E.Mey. ex DrÃ¨ge)Hook. ex C.Presl	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Orobanche varia E.Mey. ex DrÃ¨ge, name only	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Striga chloroleuca Dinter	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke ex Engl.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Striga gesnerioides (Willd.)Vatke ex Engl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Striga gesneroides Vatke	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Striga gesneroides Vatke.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Striga orobanchoides (R.Br.)Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Striga orobanchoides Benth.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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