Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pluchea ovalis (Pers.) 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:
kalamba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalambaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolumbu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolumpuver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sinhalatikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pluchea tomentosa DC. in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 16 (1834).
Baccharis ovalis Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 424 (1807).
Baccharis ovata Sieber ex DC. Prodr. 5: 450 (1836).
Conyza tomentosa Wall. Numer. List: n.° 3031 (1831), not validly publ.
Eupatorium mysorense B.Heyne ex DC. Prodr. 5: 451 (1836).
Pluchea bravae Bolle Bonplandia (Hannover) 8: 130 (1860).
Pluchea dioscoridis var. pseudovalis Cufod. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 50: 105 (1943).
Pluchea mollis Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 182 (1895).
Roscoea tomentosa Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 56 (1832).
Tanaxion tomentosum Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 51 (1837), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pluchea ovalis (Pers.) DC.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pluchea tomentosa DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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