Plant Details

Accepted name:: Leucosyke puya (Hook.) den Baaker & Mabb. [Urticaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
hilang	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hyei	Other	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa in Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
kalan kuli	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nani palo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
phurakangatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putaleso	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
puwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Maoutia puya (Hook.) Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 1: 193 (1854).
Boehmeria esquirolii H.Lév. & Blin. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 372 (1912).
Boehmeria frutescens D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 59 (1825), nom. illeg.
Boehmeria nivea var. crassifolia C.H.Wright J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 486 (1899).
Boehmeria puya Hook. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 316 (1851), nom. cons. prop.
Urtica puya Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 4605 (1831), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Leucosyke puya (Hook.) den Baaker & Mabb.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Maoutia puva (Wall. ex Hook.) Wedd.	Med. Pl. of Karen & Lawa in Thailand (Junsongduang et al., 2013)
Maoutia puya (Hook.) Wedd.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Maoutia puya (Hooker) Weddell	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Maoutia puya Wedd.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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