Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Asystasia gangetica var. gangetica

Asystasia gangetica var. krishnae Tandyekk., Pandur. & N.Mohanan

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar ruas ruas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ara songsang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
asytasia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
azema	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
chinese violet	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
chì dào yīng huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
coromandel	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
corri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lavangavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maithaala kaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
medde soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meddhe soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mitikirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mooguthi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukka mungera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacconti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paccorri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paccottinkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paccurri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paccutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palcorrikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palvatintan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panacakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paralaukikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paralelakkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parcorri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parcorrikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parcurri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patunayaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patuvanayaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payacakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poda beera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
porrikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rila puruk	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
shí wàn cuò	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tappeta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valli-upu-dali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valukka kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venna kattethige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yà xī dá	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
රිලාපුරුක්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
亚西达	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
十万错	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
赤道樱花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
跌打草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flowers, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole shoot system, rhizome		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant	dry whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

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

Justicia gangetica L. Cent. Pl. II: 3 (1756).
Ruellia gangetica (L.) R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 478 (1810).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asyatasia gangentica (L.)T.Anderson	Ethnobot. of Acanthaceae in Mt. Cameroon Region. (Fongod et al., 2013)
Asystacia gangetica (L.) T.Anders.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Asystasia gangetica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Asystasia gangetica (L.) J. Anders.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Asystasia gangetica (L.) J.Anders	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anders.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Asystasia gangetica (Linn.) T. Anders.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Asystasia gangetica Anderson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Asytasia gangetiea	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Justicia gangetica L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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