Plant Details

Accepted name:: Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn. [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amor-agarradinho	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
bride's tears	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bunga berteh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bunga bonet	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cadena-de-amor	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese love vine	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
coral creeper	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
coral vine	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
coralillo rosado	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
corallita	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cuamécatl	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
flores de singapore	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kuráli púntugu	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
love vine	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mexican creeper	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mountain rose	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
riang-riang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

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

Antigonon amabile W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 60: 17 (1871).
Antigonon cordatum M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10: 14 (1843).
Antigonon platypus Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 309 (1838).
Corculum leptopus Stuntz U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull. 282: 86 (1913).
Corculum leptopus var. album Stuntz Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 282: 86 (1913), nom. nud.
Polygonum cirrhosum Moc. & Sessé ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 14: 184 (1856), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Antigonon leptopus	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Antigonon leptopus Endl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Antigonon leptopus Hook	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Antigonon leptopus Hook and Arn.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Antigonon leptopus Hook. et Am.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Antigonon leptopus Hook.& Arn.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)

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