Plant Details

Accepted name:: Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heimerl [Nyctaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Commicarpus chinensis subsp. chinensis

Commicarpus chinensis subsp. natalensis Meikle

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bekkina hejje balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cattaranai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catticattaranai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
diffuse hogweed	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kattatati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattatatikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotiminnai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotimunnikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunavakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunavakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttankutampai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttankutampaippuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukkorri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukkutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pa-yan-na-war	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
patarmunnai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakthapunarnava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spreading hogweed	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
theega mamidi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varakanpuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varakanputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varakapputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varakarapputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Boerhavia chinensis (L.) Rottb. Pl. Hort. Univ. Rar. Prog.: 4 (1773).
Valeriana chinensis L. Sp. Pl.: 33 (1753).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Boerhaavia chinensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Boerhavia chinensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Boerhavia chinensis (Burm.f.) Druce	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Boerhavia chinensis (L.) Asch. & Schw.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Boerhavia chinensis (L.) Rottb.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)
Boerhavia chinensis Asch & Schweinf.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heimerl	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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