Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cassytha filiformis L. [Lauraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aakaasha balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aakaashbel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aakasha balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acatagabulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acatsja-valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acatsjavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agbégbékan	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
aiyapala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akacavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akasaballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akasavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akasavela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akash bel	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
akashaballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akashavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akasvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akaya valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alarntapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amaraballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amaravallari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amaravalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amaravela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amarbaela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amarbeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amarvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
amarvel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amarvela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ammaiyarkoonthal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amrtavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anantikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antaravallitige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antharavallithige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aral	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
astimu	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
beelu balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beeluballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bejuco de fideo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
beluballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bush-dodder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bàn tiān yún	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cabellos de ángel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
calantirati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cankutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cavuttumananci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chemar batu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cipó-chumbo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
curai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cure	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daarada balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devil's gut	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
doddar-laurel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dodder laurel	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dodder-laurel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dodler	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
emanatanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erumaikkorran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erumaikkottan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
false dodder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fēi tiān téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
haadaragithi balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
imphikayiboni	Other	Prices of Med. Pl. Traded in the Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2007)
inci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
incikakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indiravalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
intiravalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irudakanga	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
irumpacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itumpakakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itumpakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janivaara balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karukkutaiyalmuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karulananki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kauna‘oa malolo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kauna‘oa pehu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kauna‘oa uka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
khavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodikkottan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kothan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koththan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotikkorran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunacali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
la cord de pitier	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
lalyann san fin	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
liane ficelle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
liane jaune	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
liane sans fin	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
love vine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
love-vine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lovevine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
luangalala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
luó wǎng téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mangana udidaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mativalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mlangamia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mooduillathali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mudeludantiburu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulacci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
munziji mangueb	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
nalil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nantai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelilkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nimtecan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nooienshaar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nooluthige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
notiyatipputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nulikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nulutega	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ovaiyarkoonthal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paachithige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachatige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachitiga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachitige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachungottan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacitige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacunkorran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacunkottan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paunchtiga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pololo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
punchatige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rumput puteri	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
se kruy po	Other	Pl. for Digestion by Karen of N Thailand (Tangjitman et al., 2015)
seashore-dodder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
seethammaavaari jadaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seethammapogunoolu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seethammavaarupogulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shaavige balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitammapogunulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitammavarupogulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tali puteri	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tirkki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsihitafototra	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
tudakkarupan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumpu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumpukkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tutakkaruppan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tơ xanh	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
umkhunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
utaiyavalitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vancimalikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vancimalitali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vinmativalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viranakkopini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visnupari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
viti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrouehaar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
woevine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wu gen teng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wugenteng	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
wú gēn téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wú tóu téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wú yé téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
半天云	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
无头藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
无根藤	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
无爷藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
罗网藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
飞天藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Stem		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
all		Pl. for Digestion by Karen of N Thailand (Tangjitman et al., 2015)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant	fresh whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
entire plant		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Seed, whole plant		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calodium cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 247 (1790).
Cassytha americana Nees Syst. Laur.: 644 (1836).
Cassytha americana var. brachystachya Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 256 (1864).
Cassytha americana var. brasiliensis (Mart. ex Nees) Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 256 (1864).
Cassytha americana var. puberula Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 256 (1864).
Cassytha aphylla Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr., ed. 3: 116 (1797).
Cassytha archboldiana C.K.Allen J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 155 (1942).
Cassytha brasiliensis Mart. ex Nees Syst. Laur.: 648 (1836).
Cassytha corniculata Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 93 (1768).
Cassytha dissitiflora Meisn. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1870: 145 (1870).
Cassytha filiformis subsp. guineensis (Schumach. & Thonn.) De Wild. Miss. Ém. Laurent: 86 (1905).
Cassytha filiformis var. pseudopubescens Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 126 (1926).
Cassytha filiformis var. puberula (Meisn.) León & Alain Fl. Cub. 2: 191 (1951).
Cassytha filiformis f. pycnantha Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 126 (1926).
Cassytha filiformis var. subpubescens Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(!): 255 (1864).
Cassytha guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 199 (1827).
Cassytha guineensis var. livingstonii Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 256 (1864).
Cassytha macrocarpa Guillaumin Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 1103 (1924 publ. 1925).
Cassytha novoguineensis Kaneh. & Hatus. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 57: 190 (1943).
Cassytha paradoxae Proctor Moscosoa 2: 20 (1983).
Cassytha senegalensis A.Chev. Fl. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 46 (1938), no Latin descr.
Cassytha timoriensis Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 419 (1913).
Cassytha zeylanica Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 134 (1788).
Rumputris fasciculata Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 92 (1838).
Spironema aphylla Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 93 (1838).
Volutella aphylla Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 84 (1775).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cassytha Filiformis	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cassytha filiformes	Trade in Med. Pl. in Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2004)
Cassytha filiformis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cassytha filiformis L	Prices of Med. Pl. Traded in the Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2007)
Cassytha filiformis L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Medicinal Pl. in S Pacific (WHO, 1998) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Digestion by Karen of N Thailand (Tangjitman et al., 2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Prices of Med. Pl. Traded in the Lowveld, S Africa (Botha et al., 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cassytha filiformis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cassytha ﬁliformis L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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