Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sonneratia alba Sm. [Lythraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
berembang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
berombong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
betah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bidada	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bogem	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gedalu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kirala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kirilla	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
伽果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Blatti alba (Sm.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 238 (1891).
Blatti leucantha (Montrouz.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 238 (1891).
Blatti pagatpat (Blanco) Nied. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(7): 21 (1892).
Chiratia leucantha Montrouz. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., sér. 2, 10: 203 (1860).
Sonneratia acida var. mossambicensis (Klotzsch) Mattei Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 7: 108 (1908).
Sonneratia alba var. iriomotensis (Masam.) Masam. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 29: 272 (1939).
Sonneratia iriomotensis Masam. Syokubtu-tirigaku: t. 71 (1936).
Sonneratia mossambicensis Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 66 (1861).
Sonneratia pagatpat Blanco Fl. Filip.: 424 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sonneratia alba	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sonneratia alba J. Smilth	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sonneratia alba J.Smith	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sonneratia alba Sm.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Sonneratia alba Smith	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sonneratia alba Smith.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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