Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bonnaya antipoda (L.) Druce [Linderniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kanakokwila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
vila	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 41 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ilysanthes antipoda (L.) Merr. Interpr. Herb. Amboin.: 467 (1917).
Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alston in H.Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 214 (1931).
Lindernia verbenifolia (Colsm.) Pennell Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 5: 31 (1943).
Ruellia antipoda L. Sp. Pl.: 635 (1753).
Bonnaya bracteata Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 107 (1854).
Bonnaya cyanea Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 107 (1854).
Bonnaya grandiflora (Retz.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 1: 41 (1824).
Bonnaya penicillata Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 161 (1847).
Bonnaya pulegiifolia (Vahl) Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 1: 41 (1824).
Bonnaya rothii A.Dietr. Sp. Pl. ed. 6. 1: 556 (1831), nom. superfl.
Bonnaya roxburghiana A.Dietr. Sp. Pl. ed. 6. 1: 559 (1831).
Bonnaya verbenifolia (Colsm.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 1: 42 (1824).
Bonnaya veronicifolia var. angustifolia C.T.White & W.D.Francis Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 33: 159 (1922).
Bonnaya veronicifolia var. grandiflora (Retz.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 285 (1884).
Bonnaya veronicifolia var. verbenifolia (Colsm.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 285 (1884).
Cyrtandra capsularis Blanco Fl. Filip.: 17 (1837).
Cyrtandra glaberrima Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2.: 12 (1845).
Cyrtandra serrata Blanco Fl. Filip.: 18 (1837).
Didymocarpus blancoi Hassk. Flora 47: 55 (1864).
Didymocarpus grandiflorus (Retz.) A.Dietr. Sp. Pl. ed. 6. 1: 573 (1831).
Gratiola grandiflora Retz. Observ. Bot. 4: 8 (1786).
Gratiola pulegiifolia Vahl Enum. Pl. 1: 98 (1804).
Gratiola racemosa Roth in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 1: 136 (1817).
Gratiola roxburghiana Schult. Mant. 1: 123 (1822).
Gratiola verbenifolia Colsm. Prodr. Descr. Gratiol.: 9 (1793).
Henckelia grandiflora (Retz.) A.Dietr. Sp. Pl. ed. 6. 1: 573 (1831).
Ilysanthes verbenifolia (Colsm.) Kerr ex Barnett in W.G.Craib, Fl. Siam. 3: 185 (1962).
Ilysanthes veronicifolia var. verbenifolia Makino in T.Makino & K.Nemoto, Fl. Japan: 214 (1925).
Lindernia anagallis var. grandiflora (Retz.) Mukerjee J. Indian Bot. Soc. 24: 133 (1945).
Lindernia antipoda subsp. verbenifolia (Colsm.) Bennet Fl. Howrah Distr.: 326 (1979).
Lindernia pachypoda (Franch. & Sav.) Matsum. Index Pl. Jap. 2(2): 562 (1912).
Pyxidaria pachypoda (Franch. & Sav.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 465 (1891).
Roettlera capsularis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 476 (1891).
Ruellia serrata Thunb. Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 7: 143 (1815).
Tittmannia colemannii Benth. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 3950 (1831).
Torenia gracilis Benth. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 3952 (1831), not validly publ.
Vandellia anagallis var. verbenifolia (Colsm.) T.Yamaz. J. Jap. Bot. 30: 176 (1955).
Vandellia antipoda (L.) T.Yamaz. J. Jap. Bot. 30: 177 (1955).
Vandellia pachypoda Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 457 (1878).
Vandellia serrata (Thunb.) Nakai Thunb. Misc. Papers Jap. Pl., Jap. Comm.: 19 (1935).
Vandellia verbenifolia (Colsm.) Haines Bot. Bihar Orissa: 634 (1922).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ilyasanthea antipoda	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ilysanthes antipoda	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ilysanthes antipoda (L.) Merr.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lindernia antipoda	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lindernia antipoda (L.) Aiston	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)
Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alstan	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alston	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lindernia antipoda (Linnaeus) Alston	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lindernia verbenifolia (Colsm.) Pennell	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ruellia antipoda L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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