Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euploca ovalifolia (Forssk.) Diane & Hilger [Boraginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!navise	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
embodi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
esigirait	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
grey leaf heliotrope	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
heliotrópio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kunden	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oimbodi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
okambodi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
okanasana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
orujara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oshikwashana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oumbodi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|hawise\|\|habise	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|o-\|\|haren	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|oa-\|\|haren	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|urub	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Heliotropium apiculatum E.Mey. ex DC. Prodr. 9: 541 (1845).
Heliotropium coromandelianum J.Koenig ex Retz. Observ. Bot. 2: 9 (1781).
Heliotropium coromandelianum var. ovalifolium Lehm. Pl. Asperif. Nucif.: 47 (1818).
Heliotropium ovalifolium Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 38 (1775).
Heliotropium phyllosepalum Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 30 (1894).
Heliotropium brocchianum Vis. in G.F.Spongia, Comment. Med. 2: 192 (1836).
Heliotropium cinereum R.Br. in H.Salt, Voy. Abyss., App.: Ixii (1814).
Heliotropium coromandelianum var. oblongifolium DC. Prodr. 9: 542 (1845).
Heliotropium gracile R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 493 (1810).
Heliotropium kunzii Lehm. Icon. Descr. Nov. Stirp. 2: t. 19 (1822).
Heliotropium niloticum DC. Prodr. 9: 541 (1845).
Heliotropium obovatum D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 101 (1825).
Heliotropium ovalifolium var. gracile (R.Br.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 546 (1928).
Heliotropium polystachyum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 23 (1813).
Heliotropium sienites DC. Prodr. 9: 541 (1845).
Heliotropium syenites Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 539 (1824).
Heliotropium tomentosum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 23 (1813).
Heliotropium villosum Sieber ex DC. Prodr. 9: 541 (1845).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Euploca ovalifolia (Forssk.) Diane & Hilger	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Heliotropium apiculatum E.Mey. ex DrÃ¨ge	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Heliotropium coromandelianum Retz.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Heliotropium coromandelianum Retz. ovalifolium (Forssk.)Lehm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Heliotropium ovalifolium	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Heliotropium ovalifolium Forskal	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Heliotropium ovalifolium Forssk.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Heliotropium phyllosepalum Baker	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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