Plant Details

Accepted name:: Butomopsis latifolia (D.Don) Kunth [Alismataceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bladderwort	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
karkale jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Butomopsis cordofana (Hochst.) Kunth ex Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 1: 769 (1849).
Butomopsis lanceolata (Roxb.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 165 (1841).
Butomus lanceolatus Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 315 (1832).
Butomus latifolius D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 22 (1825).
Elattosis apetala Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 86: 301 (1939).
Tenagocharis alismoides Hochst. Flora 24(1, Intelligenzbl.): 42 (1841), nom. nud.
Tenagocharis cordofana Hochst. Flora 24: 369 (1841).
Tenagocharis lanceolata (Roxb.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 12: 86 (1892).
Tenagocharis latifolia (D.Don) Buchenau Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 13: 238 (1869).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Butomopsis latifolia (D. Don) Kunth	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Butomopsis latifolia (D.Don) Kunth	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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