Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bupleurum ramosissimum Wight & Arn. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
wal erandu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
wild castor	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
වල් එරඬු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Latex, Roots, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bupleurum falcatum var. ramosissimum (Wight & Arn.) Dalzell & A.Gibson Bombay Fl.: 108 (1861).
Bupleurum mucronatum Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 370 (1834).
Bupleurum mucronatum f. ramosissimum (Wight & Arn.) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 676 (1879).
Bupleurum mucronatum f. typicum C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 676 (1879), not validly publ.
Bupleurum nervosum Moon Cat. Pl. Ceylon: 22 (1824), nom. nud.
Bupleurum ramosissimum var. mucronatum Panigrahi & S.C.Mishra Bangladesh J. Bot. 14: 85 (1985).
Bupleurum ramosissimum f. virgatum (Wight & Arn.) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 676 (1879).
Bupleurum ramosissimum var. wightii Bennet J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5: 972 (1984).
Bupleurum virgatum Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 370 (1834).
Bupleurum wightii P.K.Mukh. Indian Forester 95: 567 (1969), nom. illeg.
Bupleurum wightii Koso-Pol. Russk. Bot. Zhurn. 1913: 6 (1913).
Bupleurum wightii var. ramosissimum (Wight & Arn.) Chandrab. in N.C.Nair & A.N.Henry, Fl. Tamil Nadu 1: 178 (1983).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bupleurum ramosissimum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Bupleurum ramosissimum Wight & Arn.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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