Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melanoseris violifolia (Decne.) N.Kilian [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cicerbita violifolia (Decne.) Beauverd Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 2: 122 (1910).
Prenanthes violifolia Decne. in V.Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4(Bot.): 100 (1843).
Cicerbita sikkimensis (Hook.f.) C.Shih Acta Phytotax. Sin. 29: 398 (1991).
Lactuca sikkimensis (Hook.f.) Stebbins Indian Forest Rec., n.s., 1 (1939).
Lactuca violifolia (Decne.) C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind.: 269 (1876).
Prenanthes alata Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind.: 274 (1876).
Prenanthes sikkimensis Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 412 (1881).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cicerbita violaefolia (Decne.) Beauverd	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Melanoseris violifolia (Decne.) N.Kilian	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Prenanthes violaefolia Decaisne	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Prenanthes violaefolia Decne.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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