Plant Details

Accepted name:: Balanophora involucrata Hook.f. & Thomson [Balanophoraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chavya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
di du guo ya	Other	Wild Pl. Used by Lhoba People, Tibet (Li et al., 2015)
luxiancao	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
寄生黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鹿仙草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Wild Pl. Used by Lhoba People, Tibet (Li et al., 2015)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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

Balania cathcartii (Tiegh.) Setch. Hong Kong Naturalist, Suppl. 1: 11 (1932).
Balania involucrata (Hook.f. & Thomson) Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 297 (1896).
Balanophora involucrata var. cathcartii Hook.f. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22: 44 (1856).
Balanophora involucrata var. gracilis Hook.f. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 22: 44 (1856).
Bivolva cathcartii Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 205 (1907).
Bivolva involucrata (Hook.f. & Thomson) Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 6: 205 (1907).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Balanophora involucrata	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Balanophora involucrata Hook. f.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Wild Pl. Used by Lhoba People, Tibet (Li et al., 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Balanophora involucrata Hook.f.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Balanophora involucrata Hook.f. & Thoms.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Balanophora involucrata Hook.f. & Thomson	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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