Plant Details

Accepted name:: Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) H.Karst. [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anariyatittam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaryatikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ardhatikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhunimba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhunimbaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhutika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhūnimba	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
brown chiretta	Other	Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011)
bunimba	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
charaita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
charayatah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
charyatah	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
cheerota	Other	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
chiraayitha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiraeta talkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiraita	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chiraita shireen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiraita shirin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiraita talkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiraito	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chiraitu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiraiyata	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
chirata	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chirata extract	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chirata kaddi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chirata talkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiratika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chiratikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chirayat	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chirayata	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chirayatah	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chirayath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chirayatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chirayita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chireita	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chireta	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiretia	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chiretta	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
chirota	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ocvirk et al., 2013)
chirta	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
cirat kucci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirattakucci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirayata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
east indian balmony	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
haima	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indisch chiretta	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
jvarantaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jwaranthakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaade kiraaith	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaduchiraita	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kairaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandatikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanditiktaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kariyatu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kariyatun	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kiraaith	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiraatha kaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiraita	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kirakati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kirata-tikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirataka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kiratam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirataticta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiratatikta	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kiratatikta powder	Other	Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011)
kiratatiktah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiratatiktaka	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiratha	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kiratiktaka	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kirayathu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kirayattu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kiriyatta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiriyattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirlyattu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kiryat	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kiryat-charayatah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirāta	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kirātaka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kirātatikta (whole plant)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kirātatiktaka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kokanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
l se	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
lose	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mahatita	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
naditikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naipala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalebevu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nattu nilavempu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neelavemu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
neelaveru	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nela baevu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelabevu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nelavaema	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelavemu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nelaveppu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
nepalanimba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nepalanimbah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nepalinim	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ney-nahādandi	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
nidrari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nila-vembu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nila-vemu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilamakanjiram	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nilavembu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nilavempu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilaveppa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilaveppu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nilaveru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qasab-uz-zareerah	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
qasab-uz-zarirah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qasabozzarireh	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
qasabuzzarirah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramasenaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramsena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rauka	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sannipatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shayraet coochie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shirattakuchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sungkhingba	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sutiktaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ta go ta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tento	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ti-kta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tig ta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
tig ta (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tig-ta	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tik ta	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
tikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiktani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilaghas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
timda	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
titkani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tito	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
trinanimba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uttarakiriyattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verkkiriyattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viktaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
white chiretta	Other	Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011)
yin du zhang ya cai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zang yin chen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
قصب الذّريره	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
نی نهاوندی	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
කිරාත	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ཏིག་ཏ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Aerial parts		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
Entire plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Whole plant		Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011)
aboveground parts		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
whole plant	whole plant	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
whole plant	whole plant	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

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

Gentiana chirayita Roxb. Asiat. Res. 11: 167 (1810).
Ophelia chirayita (Roxb.) Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 320 (1839).
Swertia chirata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 4372 (1831), nom. nud.
Agathotes chirayita (Roxb.) D.Don ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 178 (1837).
Ericoila chirayita (Roxb.) Bercht. & J.Presl Přir. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 1(Gentian.): 14 (1824).
Eyrythalia floribunda G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 187 (1837).
Gentiana floribunda D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 127 (1825), nom. illeg.
Henricea pharmacearcha Lem. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 11: 171 (1824).
Swertia tongluensis Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 2: 319 (1906).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gentiana chirayta Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ophelia chiraita Griseb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ophelia chirata Griseb.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Swertia chirata	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Swertia chirata (Roxb. ex Fleming) H. Karst	Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011)
Swertia chirata Buch. Ham.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Swertia chirata Buch.-Ham.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Swertia chirata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Swertia chirata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Swertia chirata Buch.-Hamilt.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Swertia chirata Buch.Ham	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Swertia chirata L.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ocvirk et al., 2013)
Swertia chirayita	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Swertia chirayita (Roxb. Ex Fleming) H. Karst.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Swertia chirayita (Roxb. ex Fleming) H.Karst	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Swertia chirayita (Roxb. ex Fleming) H.Karst.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Swertia chirayita (Roxb. ex Fleming) Karst.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Swertia chirayita (Roxb. ex Fleming) Karsten	MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) H. Karst.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) H.Karst.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Swertia chirayita (Roxburgh ex Fleming) Karsten	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Swertia chirayita Buch.-Ham	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
Swertia chirayita Roxb. H. Karst.	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
Swertia chirayita(Roxb. ex Fleming) Karst	Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

Google Images