Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle [Hydrocharitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
camiranappaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikavalakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimpaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cunaippaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ene-pael	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
esthwaite waterweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
florida-elodea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hei zao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hydrilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
iraippukappaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khasi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kirimalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirimallippaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotippaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutiraivalikakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutiraivalikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paachi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palampacikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panappaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panappacikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinamapacikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poonaachu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vakuttalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vakuttalappaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valakada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vattenkrans	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wasserquirl	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
water thyme	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
water-thyme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
waterthyme	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Elodea verticillata (L.f.) F.Muell. Key Vict. Pl. 1: 423 (1888).
Epigynanthus blumei Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 53 (1844), nom. nud.
Hydora lithuanica (Rchb.) Besser Flora 15(2 Beibl.): 13 (1832).
Hydrilla angustifolia Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar.: 117 (1848).
Hydrilla dentata Casp. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 12: 56 (1854).
Hydrilla dentata var. pomeranica (Rchb.) Casp. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 11: 805 (1853).
Hydrilla lithuanica (Rchb.) Dandy in A.R.Clapham, T.G.Tutin & E.F.Warburg, Fl. Brit. Isles: 1183 (1952).
Hydrilla najadifolia Zoll. & Moritzi in A.Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java: 91 (1846).
Hydrilla ovalifolia Rich. Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 12(2): 76 (1811 publ. 1814), nom. illeg.
Hydrilla polysperma Blatt. J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 26: 356 (1930 publ. 1931).
Hydrilla roxburghii Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 780 (1840).
Hydrilla subulata Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 376 (1839).
Hydrilla verticillata var. brevifolia Casp. Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 1: 495 (1858).
Hydrilla verticillata var. crispa Casp. Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 1: 494 (1858).
Hydrilla verticillata var. roxburghii Casp. Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 1: 494 (1858).
Hydrilla verticillata var. tenuis Casp. Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 1: 494 (1858).
Hydrilla wightii Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 11: 79 (1849).
Hydrospondylus submersus Hassk. Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 33 (1842).
Ixia aquatica Muhl. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 171 (1824), not validly publ.
Serpicula verticillata L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 416 (1782).
Udora lithuanica Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 139 (1831).
Udora occidentalis W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 669 (1837).
Udora pomeranica Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 7: 31 (1845).
Udora verticillata (L.f.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 170 (1824).
Vallisneria verticillata (L.f.) Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 751 (1832).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hydrilla verticillata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hydrilla verticillata (Linnaeus fil.) Royle	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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