Plant Details

Accepted name:: Swertia alata (D.Don ex G.Don) Royle ex C.B.Clarke [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chiratta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiratatikta	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agathotes alata D.Don ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 177 (1837).
Ophelia alata (D.Don ex G.Don) Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 321 (1839).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Swertia alata (D.Don ex G.Don) Royle ex C.B.Clarke	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Swertia alata (Royle ex D.Don) C.B. Clarke	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Swertia alata (Royle ex D.Don) C.B.Clarke	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Swertia alata Royle	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Swertia alata Royle ex D. Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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