Plant Details

Accepted name:: Swertia purpurascens (D.Don) C.B.Clarke [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bal tig	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
bel tik	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
chirayata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chriata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiraatatikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kiratatikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kol chirait	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed chirotu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shailaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
syumju tikta	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
བལ་ཏིག །	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Swertia ciliata (D.Don) B.L.Burtt Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 25: 272 (1965).
Swertia pedicellata Banerji Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 263 (1924).
Swertia purpurea Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 277 (1835), not validly publ.
Ophelia ciliata D.Don in G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 178 (1837).
Ophelia dalhousiana Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 313 (1839).
Ophelia purpurascens D.Don London Edinburgh Philos. Mag. & J. Sci. 8: 77 (1836).
Ophelia purpurascens var. ciliata (D.Don) D.Don Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 526 (1837).
Ophelia teres D.Don in G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 178 (1837).
Swertia purpurascens var. ramosa Burkill J. & Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 3: 34 (1907).
Swertia teres (D.Don) J.Shah Pakistan J. Forest. 38(2): 81 (1988).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Swertia ciliata (D. Don ex G. Don) B.L. Burtt	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Swertia ciliata (D. Don) Burtt.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Swertia pedicellata Banerji	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Swertia purpurascens (D.Don) C.B.Clarke	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Swertia purpurascens Boiss.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Swertia purpurascens Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Swertia purpurea Royle	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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