Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acilepis aspera (Buch.-Ham.) H.Rob. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
doraa-baahaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sahadevi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Vernonia aspera Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 14: 219 (1824).
Vernonia pyramidale (D.Don) S.N.Mitra Indian Forester 99: 100 (1973).
Vernonia roxburghii Less. Linnaea 6: 674 (1831).
Cacalia pyramidale (D.Don) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 969 (1891).
Conyza aspera Wall. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 413 (1840).
Conyza platylepis Spreng. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 31 (1836).
Eupatorium asperum Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 415 (1832).
Eupatorium pyramidale D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 170 (1825).
Onopordum carthamoides Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 3922 (1831).
Vernonia thorelii Gagnep. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 492 (1919).
Xipholepis aspera Steetz in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 344 (1864).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acilepis aspera (Buch.-Ham.) H.Rob.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Vernonia aspera (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vernonia aspera Buch.-Ham.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Vernonia pyramidale (D.Don) S.N.Mitra	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Vernonia roxburghii Less.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Vernonia roxburghii Lessing	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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