Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hygrophila phlomoides Nees [Acanthaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
burma linseed	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
chukal	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hsay-dan	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ising langthrei	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
keremak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keremak batu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
keremak rusa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lutut ayam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maman babi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
meegyaung-kun-hpat	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
migyaung-kunbat	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
segan hutan	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)
Seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hygrophila obovata Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 134 (1854), nom. illeg.
Cardanthera longifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 90 (1847).
Hygrophila angustifolia var. phlomoides (Nees) Benoist Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 271 (1913).
Hygrophila phlomoides var. angusta Ridl. Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 567 (1923).
Ruellia phlomoides Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2376 (1830), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hygrophila obovata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hygrophila phlomoides	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Hygrophila phlomoides NEES	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Hygrophila phlomoides Nees	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hygrophila phlomoides Nees.	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)

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