Plant Details

Accepted name:: Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult. [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bhuinarali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canscora	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mayaco	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pu di chuan xin cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sankhapuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yavotchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zinku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Canscora decurrens Dalzell Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 136 (1850).
Canscora diffusa var. tenella C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 103 (1883).
Canscora divaricata Miq. ex C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 103 (1883), pro syn.
Canscora foliosa D.Don in G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 199 (1837).
Canscora khandalensis Santapau Kew Bull. 3: 485 (1948 publ. 1949).
Canscora kirkii N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 558 (1903).
Canscora lancifolia Miq. ex C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 103 (1883).
Canscora lauri C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 430 (1875).
Canscora lawii Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1327 (1848).
Canscora pusilla Schult. & Schult.f. Mant. 3: 230 (1827), nom. superfl.
Canscora rubiflora X.X.Chen Guihaia 6: 177 (1986).
Canscora sanjappae Diwakar & R.Kr.Singh Indian J. Forest. 32: 337 (2009).
Canscora tenella Wall. ex Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1327 (1848).
Cobamba dichotoma Blanco Fl. Filip.: 510 (1837).
Exacum diffusum (Vahl) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 637 (1798).
Exacum erectum (R.Br.) Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 83 (1821).
Exacum tenellum Wall. Numer. List: n.° 4362 (1831), not validly publ.
Gentiana diffusa Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 47 (1794).
Orthostemon erectus R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 451 (1810).
Orthostemon huegelii Griseb. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 63 (1845).
Orthostemon kirkii N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 558 (1903).
Pladera pusilla Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 10 (1814), nom. superfl.
Pladera virgata Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 417 (1820).
Striga esquirolii H.Lév. Fl. Kouy-Tchéou: 398 (1915).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Canscora diffusa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schult.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.br. Ex Roem. & Schult.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Canscora diffusa (Vahl.) R.Br.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Canscora diffusa R.Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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