Plant Details

Accepted name:: Graptophyllum pictum (L.) Griff. [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
benalu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
caricature plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
carmantine	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daun unggu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
daun wungu	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
daunwungu	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010)
dishtichem-pan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
graptophylli picti folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
handeuleum	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jué chuáng kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaalaa-aduusaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kalo-adaso	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalpueng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
parvati-pan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puding	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sarasa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tsjude	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsjude-maram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vattilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ysjudemaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
zǐ xiàn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
爵床科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫苋草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)

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

Graptophyllum hortense Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 102 (1832), nom. illeg.
Justicia picta L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 21 (1762).
Graptophyllum hortense var. luridosanguineum (Sims) Chitt. Roy. Hort. Soc. Dict. Gard. 2: 921 (1951).
Graptophyllum hortense var. rubrum Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 150 (1844).
Graptophyllum hortense var. viride Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 150 (1844).
Graptophyllum nortonii Van Geert Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 78: 13 (1879).
Graptophyllum pictum var. album Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 784 (1826).
Graptophyllum pictum var. luridosanguineum (Sims) Bremek. & Backer Bekn. Fl. Java 9B: 71 (1949).
Graptophyllum pictum var. viride (Hassk.) Bremek. & Backer Bekn. Fl. Java 9B: 71 (1949).
Graptophyllum picturatum W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 1895: 7 (1895).
Graptophyllum versicolor Veitch ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 716 (1861).
Justicia carayana F.Newman ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 328 (1847).
Justicia ecbolium Blanco Fl. Filip.: 13 (1837), sensu auct.
Justicia klotzschiana Hoffm. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 328 (1847).
Justicia nitida Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 328 (1847).
Justicia picta var. luridosanguinea Sims Bot. Mag. 44: t. 1870 (1816).
Justicia violacea Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 18 (1790), nom. nud.
Marama picta (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 62 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Grapthophyllum pictum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Graptophyllum hortense	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Graptophyllum hortense Nees	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Graptophyllum pictum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Graptophyllum pictum (L.) Griff.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Graptophyllum pictum (Linn.) Griffith	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Graptophyllum pictum Griff.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Graptophyllum pictum Griffith	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Graptophyllum picum (L.) Griff.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Justicia picta Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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