Plant Details

Accepted name:: Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps [Combretaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar dani	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
akar pontianak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ara dani	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
arbusto-milagroso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
asare phul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
badamier	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
badamier sauvage	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
barmas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
belimbing hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bunga lampu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cheguk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chekluk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese honeysuckle	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dani	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dawei-hmaing	Other	Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
druckne sjömannen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
drunken sailor	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dōng jūn zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
erdani	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
erraguttilathivva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erraguttilativva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
firangi-chameli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fructus quisqualis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
ilankaramallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ilengaramalligai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indischer sonderling	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
irangun-malli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irangunmalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
irankunmalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachekluk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kalavati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kecheckluk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
laal-chameli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
laalchameli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalchameli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
liane vermifuge	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
liú qiú zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mawk nang-nang	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
nang-mu	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
niyogi-niyogan	Other	Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022)
orientale	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
piscuala	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
quiscual	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quisqualis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
quisqualis fructus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
raadha mancharam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangonimalle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangoon balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangoon creeper	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rangoon creeper fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
rangoon jasmine	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
rangoon kempu balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangoon kempu hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangoon kempu malle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangoon-creeper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rangoon-ke-bel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangoon-ki-bel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rangoon-malli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangoonchameli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangooncreeper	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rangooncreeper fruit	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rangooni malle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangoonmallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangunchavel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangunumalle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rankun mallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
redani	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
santa cecilia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
santonine	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
selimpas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
setanduk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shi jun zi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shih jyun zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shijunzi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
shǐ jūn zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shǐ jūn zǐ gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shǐjūnzǐ	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
tanah-pacow-kawaing angine	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
thigegannaeru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tigeganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tonkin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
udani	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
urdani	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vilati chemeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wedani	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wǔ léng zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yerraguttilativva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
五棱子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
使君子	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
使君子叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
使君子根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
冬均子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
留求子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Seed		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Fruit		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
ripe fruit	dried ripe fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leaf, seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
fruit, seed, leaves, flower	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kernels, fruit		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Seeds		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fruit		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Leaves		Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Quisqualis indica L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 556 (1762).
Kleinia quadricolor Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 489 (1766).
Mekistus sinensis Lour. ex Gomes Mach. Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes, n.s., 4(1): 29 (1868).
Quisqualis ebracteata P.Beauv. Fl. Oware 1: 57 (1806).
Quisqualis glabra Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 104 (1768).
Quisqualis grandiflora Miq. J. Bot. Néerl. 1: 119 (1861).
Quisqualis indica var. oxypetala Kurz Forest Fl. Burma 1: 467 (1877).
Quisqualis indica var. villosa (Roxb.) Kurz Forest Fl. Burma 1: 467 (1877).
Quisqualis longiflora C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 216 (1851).
Quisqualis loureiroi G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 667 (1832).
Quisqualis madagascariensis Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 134 (1837), nom. nud.
Quisqualis obovata Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 218 (1827).
Quisqualis pubescens Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 104 (1768).
Quisqualis sinensis Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30: 15 (1844).
Quisqualis spinosa Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 254 (1845).
Quisqualis villosa Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 426 (1832).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Quiscualis indica Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Quisqualis Indica L.	Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022)
Quisqualis indica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Quisqualis indica L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua 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. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Quisqualis indica Linn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Quisqualis indica Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Quisqualis indica Linné	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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