Plant Details

Accepted name:: Swertia densifolia (Griseb.) Kashyapa [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bhunimbaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
charayatah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiraatatikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nila-vembu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qasabuzzarirah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shailaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shilaajith	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shilajatu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shilajit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shirat-kuch-chi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silajit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ophelia densifolia Griseb. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 125 (1845).
Ophelia multiflora Dalzell Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 135 (1850).
Swertia decussata Nimmo ex C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 127 (1883).
Ophelia alba Wight & Arn. in R.Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. 2: 175, t. 157 bis (1850), analysis, but no illustration.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ophelia densifolia Griseb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ophelia multiflora Dalz.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Swertia decussata Nimmo	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Swertia decussata Nimmo ex C.B.Clarke	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Swertia densiflora (Griseb.) Kashyapa	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Swertia densifolia (Griseb.) Kashyapa	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Swertia densifolia (Griseb.) Kashyapa.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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