Plant Details

Accepted name:: Commicarpus plumbagineus (Cav.) Standl. [Nyctaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blunt leaved hogweed	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gada poornaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
horse purslene	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
itsita	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
maachchugoni	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mukkarattai-kirai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pundharighentuli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pungalio	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed punarnavaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sharunnai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
shatapunyaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
shveta punarnavaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
talutama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tavilama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasedee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vasedo	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vinleey duvelladkilu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vrshchiraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vrshchiva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vṛscīva	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
śvetapunarnavā (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root	root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

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

Boerhavia plumbaginea Cav. Icon. 2: 7 (1793).
Boerhavia verticillata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 56 (1804).
Commicarpus verticillatus (Poir.) Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 101 (1916).
Boerhavia commersonii Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 484 (1885).
Boerhavia dichotoma Vahl Enum. Pl. 1: 290 (1804).
Boerhavia fruticosa Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 167 (1867), nom. illeg.
Boerhavia plumbaginea var. trichocarpa Heimerl Bull. Herb. Boissier 5(App. 3): 68 (1897).
Boerhavia plumbaginea var. viscosa Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 1044 (1879), nom. illeg.
Boerhavia repanda Kotschy ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 454 (1849).
Boerhavia repanda Roxb. in A.Beatson, Tracts St. Helena: 302 (1816).
Boerhavia verticillata Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 1044 (1879), nom. illeg.
Boerhavia verticillata var. glandulosa Franch. Sert. Somal.: 62 (1882).
Boerhavia viscosa Ehrenb. ex Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 167 (1867), pro syn.
Commicarpus commersonii (Baill.) Cavaco Bull. Soc. Bot. France 100: 297 (1953).
Commicarpus plumbagineus var. trichocarpus (Heimerl) Meikle Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 36: 244 (1978).
Commicarpus verticillatus var. glandulosus (Franch.) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXII (1969).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Boerhaavia plumbaginea	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Boerhaavia plumbagineae Cav.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Boerhaavia verticillata Poir.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Boerhavia plumbaginea Cav.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Boerhavia verticillata Poir.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Commicarpus plumbagineus (Cav.) Standi.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Commicarpus plumbagineus (Cav.) Standl.	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Commicarpus verticillatus Standley	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Commicarrus plumbagineus Standley	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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