Plant Details

Accepted name:: Blepharis edulis (Forssk.) Pers. [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acanthus	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
babhru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blepharis	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chachu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chatushpatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chaupatia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
diya embulembiliya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ekulewa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
grahaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guthava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaamavridhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kamavrddhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karadu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kukkuta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurkuta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
medhakrita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parnaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rohida tree	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
sachidala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shauk-el-jemel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shikhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shiriari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shitichara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shitivara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shrivaraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shvetavara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitivara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soochipathra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suchipatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suchyavha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suchyavhaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sunishanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sunishannaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sutapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svastika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm anjir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm anjrah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm balanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm utangan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-i-otangan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ucchataa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
uchchata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ustrakandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utangan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
utangan seeds	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
utangana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
utanjan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utingana	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uttangan	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
uttangana	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
uttanjan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vitunna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
උටංගන	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
දිය ඇඹුල් ඇඹිලිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Seed		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
root, seed	dried seed	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acanthodium delilei (Spreng.) H.Buek Gen. Sp. Candoll. 3: 1 (1858).
Acanthodium spicatum Delile Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 241 (1813).
Acanthus delilei Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 819 (1825).
Acanthus edulis Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 115 (1775).
Acanthus tetragonus R.Br. in H.Salt, Voy. Abyss., App. 4: lxv (1814), nom. nud.
Blepharis edulis var. gracilis Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 29: 441 (1938).
Blepharis edulis f. minima Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 350 (1932).
Blepharis edulis var. oblongata A.Terracc. Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1892: 424 (1892).
Blepharis hirta var. latifolia Martelli Fl. Bogos.: 65 (1885).
Blepharis obovata Chiov. Agric. Colon. 20: 48 (1926).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Blepharis edulis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Blepharis edulis (Forssk.) Pers.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Blepharis edulis (Forssk.)Pers.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Blepharis edulis Pers.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Blepharis edulis Persoon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Blepharis edulis auct. non (Forssk.) Pers.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

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