Plant Details

Accepted name:: Blepharis linariifolia 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:
asad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bhongri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
billikhoja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chatuspatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daudar-maaguzaawaa-protection for circumcised boys	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ekuleu-lochi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hanja, lemaruk	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kuru ulu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kutumbule	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lmarak	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
naman	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oonth-kantela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ucchata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ushtrakaandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
utangan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
utangana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
wiwintin wilinwitin	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

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

Acanthodium hirtum Hochst. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 274 (1847).
Blepharis edulis f. hirta (Hochst. ex Nees) A.Terracc. Ann. Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 102 (1893).
Blepharis hirta (Hochst. ex Nees) Martelli Fl. Bogos.: 65 (1886).
Blepharis passargei Lindau Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 117 (1895).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acanthodium hirtum Hochst. ex Nees	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Blepharis linariaefolia Pers.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Blepharis linariaefolia Persoon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Blepharis linariifolia Pers.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Blepharis linearifolia	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

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