Plant Details

Accepted name:: Swertia angustifolia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don [Gentianaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Swertia angustifolia var. angustifolia

Swertia angustifolia var. minor (D.Don) ined.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
baihuaqingyedan	Other	Med. Pl. at Markets of Honghe Prefect, SW China (Lee et al., 2008)
bettachiraayatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhunimbaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiraeta shireen	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiraita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiraito	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chiraitu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chirata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chireta	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chiretta	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chiretu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
false chirata	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
goru tite	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kampman	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kiraata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mithaa kiryaat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pahaari kiretta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pahadikiraita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pahari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pahari chirayata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pahari chirayita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pahari kiretta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spurious chirata	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
swertia angustifolia whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
xiaoqingyedan	Other	Med. Pl. at Markets of Honghe Prefect, SW China (Lee et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
aerial parts		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole plant		Med. Pl. at Markets of Honghe Prefect, SW China (Lee et al., 2008)
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:

Ophelia angustifolia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) D.Don ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 178 (1837).
Swertia angustifolia var. hamiltoniana Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 2: 374 (1906), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ophelia angustifolia (Buch.-Ham.) G. Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Swertia angustifolia Buch.-Ham ex D. Don.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Swertia angustifolia Buch.-Ham.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Swertia angustifolia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. at Markets of Honghe Prefect, SW China (Lee et al., 2008) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Swertia angustifolia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Swertia angustifolia Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Swertia angustifolia Ham.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

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