Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn. [Sphenocleaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aedi kannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakulati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calapippili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calatippili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calipippili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calitippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calitippili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
callippilaiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cavappippili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirakenta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciyatanimaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gooseweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gunda	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jalapippili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maha mudumahana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
marshy silk cotton	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandu kannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirppippili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirttippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pongati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

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

Gaertnera pangati Retz. Observ. Bot. 6: 24 (1791).
Gaertnera pongatii Retz. Observ. Bot. 6: 24 (1791).
Pongatium indicum Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 444 (1793).
Pongatium spongiosum Blanco Fl. Filip.: 86 (1837).
Pongatium zeylanicum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 381 (1891).
Rapinia herbacea Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 127 (1790).
Reichelia palustris Blanco Fl. Filip.: 220 (1837), nom. illeg.
Schrebera pongati DC. Prodr. 7: 548 (1839), orth. var.
Sphenoclea pongatium A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 548 (1839).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sphenociea zeylanica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sphenoclea zeylanica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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