Plant Details

Accepted name:: Blepharis ciliaris (L.) B.L.Burtt [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chaupatia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chopunivel	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
karadu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nigeyl	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shawk al dab	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
shawk al-dib	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
shawk al-dub	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
shikhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shock al-dabb	Other	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010)
shook aldabb	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
ucchata	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
utangan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
utangana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
utigana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
utingana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
utingun	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
uttangan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
uttanjana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
uttiṅgana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
utungana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
uṭiṅgaṇa (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
شوك الدب	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
شوك الديب	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
whole plant		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
seed	dried seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Blepharis persica (Burm.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 483 (1891).
Acanthus pectinatus Willd. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 274 (1847).
Ruellia ciliaris L. Mant. Pl.: 89 (1767).
Ruellia persica Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 135 (1768).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Belpharis ciliaris L.	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010)
Blepharis ciliaris (L.) B. L. Burtt	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Blepharis ciliaris (L.) B.L. Burtt	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Blepharis ciliaris (L.) B.L.Burtt	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Blepharis ciliaris (L.) Burtt	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Blepharis persica (Burm.f.) Kuntze	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Blepharis persica (Burm.f.) Kuntze.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Blepharis persica (Burm.f.) O.Kuntze	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Blepharis persica (Burm.f.)Kuntze	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Blepharons ciliaris L.	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)

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