Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alectra parasitica subsp. chitrakutensis (M.A.Rau) K.K.Khanna & An.Kumar [Orobanchaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Alectra parasitica A.Rich.
Infraspecies:: Alectra parasitica subsp. parasitica

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
medkikanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirgundi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nirgundi kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

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

Alectra chitrakutensis (M.A.Rau) R.Prasad & R.D.Dixit in P.Singh (ed.), Rural Reconstruct. Ecosyst. Forest.: 187 (1993).
Alectra parasitica var. chitrakutensis M.A.Rau Bull. Bot. Surv. India 3: 25 (1961 publ. 1962).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alectra chitrakutensis (M. A. Rau) R. Prasad & R. D. Dixit	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Alectra chitrakutensis (M.A.Rau) R.Prasad & R.D.Dixit	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Alectra parasitica A.Rich. var. chitrakutensis (M. A. Rau) K. K. Khanna & An. Kumar	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Alectra parasitica Hochst. ex A. Rich. var. chitrakutensis	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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