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:
arbusto-milagroso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
asare phul	Other	Plants and 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)
chinese honeysuckle	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
druckne sjömannen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
drunken sailor	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
irangun-malli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irankunmalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalavati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
orientale	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
quiscual	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
quisqualis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL database (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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rangoon-ke-bel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangoon-ki-bel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
santa cecilia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
santonine	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
shi jun zi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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. Pls. 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)
shǐjūnzǐ	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
thigegannaeru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tigeganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tonkin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilati chemeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerraguttilativva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
使君子	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) 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)

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. Pls. 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)
kernels, fruit		Medicinal plants 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		Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fruit		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Quisqualis indica	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Quisqualis indica L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (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. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (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.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Quisqualis indica Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Quisqualis indica Linné	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

Google Images