Plant Details

Accepted name:: Elephantopus scaber L. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 4

Elephantopus scaber var. argenteus C.Jeffrey

Elephantopus scaber var. penicillatus Gagnep.

Elephantopus scaber var. plurisetus O.Hoffm.

Elephantopus scaber var. scaber

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aanaisuvadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aane gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aane kaalu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aanekaalu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adhomukha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aetthina naalige gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ana-schovadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ana-shovadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaccuvati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anadujivha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaicceviyati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaiccivatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaiccuvatu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaichovadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaikkalmuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaikkatilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaiyati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaiyatippaccilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anashavadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anashovadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
anashvoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anasvati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anattuccivan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anayatiyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athareti	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
attikkarcuvati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attikkarcuvatu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attiniccuvati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahuputra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barhisikha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bersah hitam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
berseh hitam	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
buti jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chapa	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chhatre	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chhetreta	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chotputiya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chí thiên	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
chỉ thiên	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
cucha cara	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
cây thồi lựa	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
darvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
darvika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
darvipatrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daun tapak liman	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008)
di dan cao	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
didancao	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
do mai ru lom	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
do may ru lom	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
duh rubak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dǎ hǎi cǎ	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
eddadugu	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
eddumalikechettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eddunaalikechettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekstrak kental daun tapak liman	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
elefantenfuss	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
elephant foot	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
elephant's foot	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
elephantopi scaberi folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008)
elephantopi scaberis folii extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
elephantopus	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
elephantopus herba	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 1. (1999)
enugabira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erva-colégio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erva-grossa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
et adi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
eth-adi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gangdap	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gayjib	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gervão	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
gjihiva	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
go jihva	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
gobar bramji	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gobhi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gohi	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
gojee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gojeebh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gojiha	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
gojihava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gojihba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gojihiva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gojihva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gojihvaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gojihwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gojilata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gojivha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gojivhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gojwaa	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
hakkarike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
harani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hasthikasaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hasthipaad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hastikasaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hastikasala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hastipaada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hastipadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hastipata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hatipay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hdhapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
herba elephantopi	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 1. (1999)
herbe de jouissance	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
hustikasaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jande dabai	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ka-tu-pin	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kankri jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
karipadam	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharapatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khasuriya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khi fay nok khum	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
khô đja đảm	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
kurasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lengua de vaca	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
língua-de-vaca	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
ma-tu-pin	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
maaraajuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mayura-shikhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mayurasikha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayurjuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
misumi-gusa	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
mula pate	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mutiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naayi naalige gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naayi nalige gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nat pha	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
nelaganagalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelamucchala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelamucchilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nellamuchchuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
penabar burung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
phulikorne jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
phurke jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pied d’éléphant	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
prakrap thom	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
prickly - leaved elephant's foot	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
prickly-leaved elephant’s foot	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
ranjana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rough elephant's foot	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sahasra buti	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sahastramuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samudulan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarupesa	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
satamulika	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sebongbong	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sin-che	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
soft elephant’s-foot	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
solomon's seal	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
suçuaiá	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tabac marron	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tapa leman	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tapak babi	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tapak gajah	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
tapak leman	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tapak liman	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tapak sulaiman	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 1. (1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tapak tana	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
tapak tangan	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
tarapasara	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tee tam tou	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
thagar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ti tan t'ou	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ti tan tou	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tiền hồ nam	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
tupak sulaiman	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tutup bumi	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 1. (1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tutupbumi	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
udu bulutong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
udu plen	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
udu sengim	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ulphi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
urat tutup bumi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
urok ngam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
urok payau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vatona	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ya fay nok khum	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
yaanaichhuvadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
yanai-c-cuvati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yanaiccuvati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yanaikkalippuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yanaikkalmuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yanaikkarcuvati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yanaikkarputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerba de caballo	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
yetthina naalige gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yulu naalige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ඇත්-අඩිය	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
土柴胡	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
土蒲公英	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
地胆草	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
地膽草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
大本燈豎杇	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
天芥菜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
紅燈豎杇	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
紅花毛蓮菜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
細本燈豎杇	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
苦地胆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦地胆根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦龍膽草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
鋪地娘	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
鐵燈柱	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
roots		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves, roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stem, leaf, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves, root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole-plant		Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
leaves, shoots of the plant		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017)
Whole plant without root		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
aerial parts, roots		Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 1. (1999)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Elephantopus scaber	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Elephantopus scaber L.	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn. (DKRI, 2008) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn. (DKRI, 2017) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Malaysian Herbal Monog., Vol. 1. (1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Elephantopus scaber Linn	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Elephantopus scaber Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Used in Yao Ethnomed. as Anticancer (Almosnid et al., 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Elephantopus scaber Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Elephatopus scaber	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

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