Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tripogandra serrulata (Vahl) Handlos [Commelinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
redi gadodede	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
tradescantia diuretica	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Callisia serrulata (Vahl) Christenh. & Byng Global Fl. 4: 67 (2018).
Tradescantia elongata G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 146 (1818).
Aneilema floribundum (Kunth) Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 311 (1838).
Aneilema serrulatum (Vahl) G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 15 (1830).
Callisia ciliata Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 56 (1805).
Callisia rosea Pohl ex Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 252 (1855), pro syn.
Commelina floribunda Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 260 (1816).
Commelina mexicana E.Mey. in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 137 (1828).
Commelina serrulata Vahl Eclog. Amer. 2: 4 (1798).
Descantaria balbisii Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 303 (1881).
Descantaria cumanensis (Kunth) Schltdl. Linnaea 26: 140 (1853).
Descantaria diuretica Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 304 (1881).
Descantaria elongata (G.Mey.) G.Brückn. Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 137: 69 (1926).
Descantaria schlechtendalii Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 304 (1881).
Heterachthia gaudichaudiana Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 303 (1881).
Leptorhoeo floribunda (Kunth) Baill. Hist. Pl. 13: 218 (1895).
Tradescantia balbisii Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 97 (1843).
Tradescantia congesta M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(2): 377 (1842).
Tradescantia cumanensis Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 96 (1843).
Tradescantia cumanensis var. glabrior C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 306 (1881).
Tradescantia elongata var. schlechtendalii (Kunth) C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 304 (1881).
Tradescantia elongata var. triandra (Kunth) C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 304 (1881).
Tradescantia guianensis Miq. Linnaea 18: 374 (1845).
Tradescantia mexicana (E.Mey.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 93 (1843).
Tradescantia schlechtendalii Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 94 (1843).
Tradescantia schomburgkiana Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 663 (1843).
Tradescantia triandra Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 93 (1843).
Tripogandra cumanensis (Kunth) Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29: 152 (1942).
Tripogandra cumanensis f. glabrior (C.B.Clarke) Standl. & Steyerm. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(3): 36 (1952).
Tripogandra elongata (G.Mey.) Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29: 152 (1942).
Tripogandra floribunda (Kunth) Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29: 152 (1942).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Callisia serrulata (Vahl) Christenh. & Byng	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Tradescantia elongata G.F.W.Mey.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Tradescantia elongata Meyer	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Tripogandra serrulata (Vahl) Handlos	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tripogandra serrulata (Vahl)Handlos	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)

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