Plant Details

Accepted name:: Trichopus zeylanicus Gaertn. [Dioscoreaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arockiapatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arogyapacha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
bimpol	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
snake gourd	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plants		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Trichopus zeylanicus subsp. travancoricus (Bedd.) Burkill Fl. Males. 4: 299 (1951).
Podianthus arifolius Schnizl. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 739 (1843).
Steireya angustifolia (Lindl.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 100 (1838).
Steireya cordata (Lindl.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 100 (1838).
Steireya media Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 100 (1838).
Trichopodium angustifolium Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1543 (1832).
Trichopodium cordatum Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1543 (1832).
Trichopodium intermedium Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1543 (1833).
Trichopodium travancoricum Bedd. Icon. Pl. Ind. Or.: 68 (1874).
Trichopodium zeylanicum (Gaertn.) Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 291 (1861).
Trichopus malayanus Ridl. Fl. Malay Penins. 4: 312 (1924).
Trichopus zeylanicus var. angustifolius (Lindl.) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 348 (1924).
Trichopus zeylanicus subsp. angustifolius (Lindl.) Sivar., Pushp. & P.K.R.Kumar Kew Bull. 45: 357 (1990).
Trichopus zeylanicus var. cordatus (Lindl.) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 348 (1924).
Trichopus zeylanicus var. intermedius (Lindl.) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 348 (1924).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Trichopus zeylanicus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Trichopus zeylanicus Gaertn.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Trichopus zeylanicus Gaertn. subsp. travancoricus (Bedd.) Burkill	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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