Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gynura pseudochina (L.) DC. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ala beth	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
cheena ala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
china root	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ekstrak kental daun dewa	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
gynurae pseudochinae folii extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
අල බේත්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
චීන අල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
矮人陀	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Rhizomes		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tubers, leaves	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
leaves		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gynura miniata Welw. Apont.: 586 (1859).
Gynura sagittaria DC. Prodr. 6: 301 (1838).
Cacalia bulbosa Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 2: 485 (1790).
Cacalia maculata Buch.-Ham. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 244 (1840), not validly publ.
Cacalia sagittaria B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 3159 (1831), not validly publ.
Crassocephalum miniatum (Welw.) Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 595 (1898).
Crassocephalum pseudochina (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 331 (1891).
Gynura bodinieri H.Lév. Bull. Géogr. Bot. 24: 283 (1914).
Gynura bulbosa (Lour.) Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 194 (1837).
Gynura eximia S.Moore J. Bot. 56: 225 (1918).
Gynura nudicaulis Arn. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(1): 351 (1836).
Gynura rusisiensis R.E.Fr. in R.E.Fries, Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912, 1: 342 (1916).
Gynura sinuata DC. Prodr. 6: 301 (1838).
Gynura somalensis (Chiov.) Cufod. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 50: 112 (1943).
Gynura variifolia De Wild. Pl. Bequaert. 5: 93 (1929).
Senecio bulbosus (Lour.) Sch.Bip. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 159 (1867).
Senecio crassipes H.Lév. & Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 331 (1909).
Senecio hamiltonianus Sch.Bip. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 159 (1867).
Senecio miniatus (Welw.) Staner Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 5: 212 (1937).
Senecio nudicaulis (Arn.) Sch.Bip. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 159 (1867).
Senecio pseudochina L. Sp. Pl.: 867 (1753).
Senecio somalensis Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 106 (1916).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gynura miniata Welw.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Gynura pseudo-china	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Gynura pseudo-china (L.) DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gynura pseudochina	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Gynura pseudochina (L.) DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Gynura pseudochina DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gynura sagittata DC.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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