Plant Details

Accepted name:: Commicarpus helenae (Roem. & Schult.) Meikle [Nyctaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
punarnava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Boerhavia helenae Schult. Mant. 1: 73 (1822).
Boerhavia libyca Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 2: 386 (1875).
Boerhavia stellata Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 875 (1844), nom. illeg.
Boerhavia verticillata var. repanda N.Terracc. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 101 (1894).
Commicarpus helenae var. barbatus Meikle Kew Bull. 34: 343 (1979).
Commicarpus stellatus Berhaut Bull. Soc. Bot. France 100: 51 (1953).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Commicarpus helenae (Roem. & Schult.) Meikle	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Commicarpus helenae Meikle	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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