Plant Details

Accepted name:: Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. [Oxalidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alambusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alambushaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
arikbel	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
attapatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atti pathri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bannaringa	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
biophytum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chumi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda horamuchhaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda horamuni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dulupuspa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghaati horamuni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hara muni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hora muchhaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hora muni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
horamuni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jala puspa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jalapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jalapuspaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jhalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jharera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jhullapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jhullapuspah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jvalatpushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krichhraha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ladjiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laghuvrikshaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lahanamulki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lajabati	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lajalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lajjaalu vipareet lajjaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lajjalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lajjaluka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lajoni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lajri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lakajana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lakhshana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laksmana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
life plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lifeplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mukkutti	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilaccurunki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panktipatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
satri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sensitivrosett	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tintanali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
todda-vaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viparitalajjalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zarer	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
小礼花种子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
感应草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
罗伞草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
ash, leaves, root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Biophytum candolleanum Wight Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 161 (1840).
Biophytum sensitivum var. candolleanum (Wight) Edgew. & Hook.f. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 437 (1874).
Oxalis sensitiva L. Sp. Pl.: 434 (1753).
Biophytum cumingianum (Turcz.) Edgew. & Hook.f. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 437 (1874).
Biophytum cumingii Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 85 (1861).
Biophytum poterioides Edgew. & Hook.f. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 437 (1874).
Biophytum sensitivum var. assamicum Edgew. & Hook.f. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 437 (1874).
Biophytum sensitivum var. cumingianum (Turcz.) Edgew. & Hook.f. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 437 (1874).
Biophytum sensitivum var. poterioides Edgew. & Hook.f. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 437 (1874).
Biophytum sensitivum var. sesbanioides (Edgew. & Hook.f.) Edgew. & Hook.f. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 437 (1874).
Biophytum sesbanioides Edgew. & Hook.f. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 437 (1874).
Biophytum somnulentum Goebel Entfaltungsbew. der Pflanzen: 422 (1920).
Oxalis candolleana Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 239 (1841), not validly publ.
Oxalis cumingiana Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 426 (1858).
Toddavaddia sensitiva (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 96 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Biophylum sensitivum DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Biophytum candolleanum Wight	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Biophytum sensitivum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. var. candolleanum Edgew. & Hook. f.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Biophytum sensitivum (L.) Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Biophytum sensitivum (Linn.) DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Biophytum sensitivum (Linnaeus) de Candolle	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Biophytum sensitivum, DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Biophytum sesitivum (L.) DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Biophytumsensititvum (L.) DC.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Oxalis sensitivum L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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