Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar serapat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
atakkamaniyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
coti-munti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dài xīng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gelang liat lembu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gelumak susu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hapusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahamundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahasravani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mundi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qiú jì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
srawani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
twist weed	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
戴星草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
球蓟	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, roots, whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Flower		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sphaeranthus microcephalus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 2395 (1803).
Sphaeranthus cochinchinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 2: 510 (1790).
Sphaeranthus glaber DC. Prodr. 5: 370 (1836).
Sphaeranthus globosus Wall. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 369 (1836).
Sphaeranthus hildebrandtii Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 326 (1890).
Sphaeranthus indicus Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 183 (1877).
Sphaeranthus laevigatus Wall. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 369 (1836).
Sphaeranthus microcephalus Vatke Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25: 326 (1875).
Sphaeranthus ovalis Steetz in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 413 (1864).
Sphaeranthus paniculatus Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 50: 211 (1827).
Sphaeranthus sphenocleoides Oliv. & Hiern Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 333 (1877).
Sphaeranthus suberiflorus Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 55 (1919).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Spaeranthus africanus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sphaeranthus africanus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sphaeranthus africanus L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sphaeranthus africanus Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sphaeranthus microcephalus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sphaeranthus microcephalus DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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