Plant Details

Accepted name:: Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw. [Cactaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bakawali	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fèng huá	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jīn gōu lián	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keng hua	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
qióng huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
queen of the night	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tán huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yè xià lián	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
凤华	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
叶下莲	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
昙花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
昙花茎	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
琼花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金钩莲	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Phyllocactus acuminatus (K.Schum.) K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 213 (1897).
Cactus oxypetalus Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Prodr. 3: 470 (1828).
Cereus latifrons Zucc. Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 2: 735 (1837).
Cereus oxypetalus DC. Prodr. 3: 470 (1828).
Epiphyllum acuminatum K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(2): 222 (1890).
Epiphyllum grande (Lem.) Britton & Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 257 (1913).
Epiphyllum latifrons (Zucc.) Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 125 (1837).
Epiphyllum oxypetalum var. purpusii (Weing.) Backeb. Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 2: 747 (1959).
Epiphyllum purpusii (Weing.) F.M.Knuth in C.Backeberg & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 161 (1936).
Phyllocactus grandis Lem. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 3: 255 verso (1847).
Phyllocactus guyanensis Brongn. ex Labour. Monogr. Cact.: 416 (1853).
Phyllocactus latifrons (Zucc.) Link ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 341 (1843).
Phyllocactus oxypetalus (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Link in W.G.Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 341 (1843).
Phyllocactus purpusii Weing. Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 34 (1907).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Epiphyllum oxypetalum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Epiphyllum oxypetalum (D. C) Haw.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phyllocactus acuminatus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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