Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cirsium wallichii DC. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bangsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bungsee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canada thistle	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chwakan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kanchuli	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kandeiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanta	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kanyakan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karai	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kateri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kendeiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sungur	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
thakal	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
wongchagalin	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cirsium macracanthum Sch.Bip. Flora 35: 135 (1852).
Cirsium nepalense DC. Prodr. 6: 642 (1838).
Cirsium wallichii var. cernua (Hook.f.) Karthik. & Moorthy Fl. Pl. India: 215 (2009).
Cirsium wallichii var. fasciculata (Hook.f.) Raizada Fl. Gangetic Plain, Suppl.: vi, 108 (1976).
Cirsium wallichii var. glabratum (Hook.f.) Wendelbo Nytt Mag. Bot. 1: 67 (1952).
Cirsium wallichii var. nepalensis (DC.) Karthik. & Moorthy Fl. Pl. India: 216 (2009).
Cirsium wallichii var. platylepis (Hook.f.) Aswal & Mehrotra J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 1: 117 (1980).
Cirsium wallichii var. wightii (Hook.f.) K.Vivekanathan Biol. Mem. 2: 77 (1977).
Cnicus arachnoideus Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2891 (1831), not validly publ.
Cnicus argyracanthus var. nepalensis (DC.) C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind.: 218 (1876).
Cnicus cernuus Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2892 (1831), not validly publ.
Cnicus wallichii (DC.) C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind.: 216 (1876).
Cnicus wallichii var. cernuus Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 364 (1881).
Cnicus wallichii var. fasciculatus Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 364 (1881).
Cnicus wallichii var. glabratus Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 364 (1881).
Cnicus wallichii var. nepalensis (DC.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 364 (1881).
Cnicus wallichii var. platylepis Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 364 (1881).
Cnicus wallichii var. wightii Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 364 (1881).
Echenais ferox Edgew. ex C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind.: 318 (1876).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cirsium wallichii DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cirsium wallichii de Candolle	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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