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Accepted name:: Balanophora fungosa subsp. indica (Arn.) B.Hansen [Balanophoraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Balanophora fungosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Infraspecies:: 3

Balanophora fungosa subsp. fungosa

Balanophora fungosa var. globosa (Jungh.) B.Hansen

Balanophora fungosa var. minor (Eichler) B.Hansen

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
gajapippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yanai thippali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Balanophora gracilis Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 151 (1907).
Balanophora pedicellaris Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52: 14 (1914).
Balanophora simaoensis S.Y.Chang & P.C.Tam Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 3(1): 142 (1983).
Balaniella pedicellaris (Schltr.) Hosok. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 24: 201 (1934).
Balanophora annamensis S.Moore J. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 4: 157 (1921).
Balanophora bonii Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 150 (1907).
Balanophora burmannica Griff. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 219 (1849).
Balanophora cryptocaudex S.Y.Chang & P.C.Tam Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 3(1): 141 (1983).
Balanophora decurrens Fawc. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 234 (1886).
Balanophora elkinsii Blatt. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 33: 309 (1929).
Balanophora fungosa var. indica (Arn.) B.Hansen Dansk Bot. Ark. 28: 100 (1972).
Balanophora indica (Arn.) Griff. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 95 (1846).
Balanophora indica var. agastyamalayana M.B.Viswan. & Prem Kumar & N.Ramesh Rheedea 10: 121 (2000).
Balanophora indica var. tirunelveliensis M.B.Viswan. & Prem Kumar & N.Ramesh Rheedea 10: 123 (2000).
Balanophora latipes Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 150 (1907).
Balanophora pentamera Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 151 (1907).
Balanophora picta Miq. ex Eichler in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 146 (1873).
Balanophora picta Griff. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 220 (1849).
Balanophora pierrei Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 150 (1907).
Balanophora pierrei Lecomte Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 225 (1915), nom. illeg.
Balanophora pierrei var. tonkinensis Lecomte Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 225 (1915), nom. illeg.
Balanophora saxicola W.F.Xing & Z.X.Li Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 10: 17 (1995).
Balanophora splendida P.C.Tam & D.Fang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(2): 112 (1984).
Balanophora thwaitesii Eichler in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 17: 146 (1873).
Balanophora typhina Wall. ex Fawc. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 2: 235 (1886), nom. illeg.
Bivolva gracilis Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 205 (1907).
Langsdorffia indica Wight & Arn. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 3: t. 205 (1839).
Langsdorffia indica Arn. Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 37 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Balanophora fungosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. subsp. indica (Arn.) B. Hansen	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Balanophora gracilis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Balanophora pedicellaris	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Balanophora simaoensis S.Y.Cang	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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