Plant Details

Accepted name:: Blastania cerasiformis (Stocks) A.Meeuse [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aankha-phuutaa-mani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
akshipidaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ankh phutani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barkoonon-hawainiyaa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
diyar hawainiyaa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
madar o yar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
namijin garaafunii	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ndunngal o rif	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sam khi ni (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
san khi ni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tiga sina	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Blastania fimbristipula Kotschy & Peyr. Pl. Tinn.: 15 (1867).
Ctenolepis cerasiformis (Stocks) Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 6: 13 (1866).
Melothria fimbristipula (Kotschy & Peyr.) Roberty Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Nat. 16: 795 (1954).
Zehneria cerasiformis Stocks Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 49 (1852).
Bryonia fimbristipula Fenzl Iter Nubicum [Kotschy]: n.° 205 (1841), nom. nud.
Ctenopsis cerasiformis (Stocks) Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 6: 13 (1866).
Pilogyne cerasiformis Stocks ex Aitch. Cat. Pl. Punjab Sindh: 65 (1869).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Blastania cerasiformis (Stocks) A.Meeuse	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Blastania cerasiformis (Stocks)A.Meeuse	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Blastania fimbristipula	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Blastania fimbristipula Kotschy & Peyr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ctenolepis cerasiformis (Stocks) Hook.f.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Ctenolepis cerasiformis (Stocks) Naud.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Ctenolepis cerasiformis (Stocks)Hook.f.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ctenolepis cerasiformis Naud.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Melothria fimbristipula (Kotschy & Pehr)G.Roberty	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Zehneria cerasiformis Stocks	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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