Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aponogeton crispus Thunb. [Aponogetonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kekatiya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
කෙකටිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Tubers, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aponogeton echinatus Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 210 (1832).
Spathium crispum (Thunb.) Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 694 (1845).
Spathium echinatum (Roxb.) Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 694 (1845).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aponogeton crispum	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Aponogeton crispus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Aponogeton crispus Thunb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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