Plant Details

Accepted name:: Blyxa octandra (Roxb.) Planch. ex Thwaites [Hydrocharitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
naachu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nacchu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paathala banthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saivala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Blyxa roxburghii Rich. Mém. Cl. Sci. Math. Inst. Natl. France 1811(2): 77 (1814), nom. illeg.
Blyxa saivala Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 212 (1840), nom. superfl.
Vallisneria octandra Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 2: 34 (1802).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Blyxa octandra (Roxb.) Planch. ex Thw.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Blyxa octandra (Roxb.) Planch. ex Thwaites	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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