Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link [Pteridaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dankemo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
feuilles de brousse	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
gallito	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
helacho macho	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
helecho macho	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
hierba de la seca	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
paku ragi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pluma	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
tubána harú	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
weti baka	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
entire plant		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Aerial parts, Dried entire plant, Fruit, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ceropteris calomelanos (L.) Link Fil. Spec.: 141 (1841).
Acrostichum album Vell. Fl. Flumin. 11: t. 91 (1831).
Acrostichum calomelanos L. Sp. Pl.: 1072 (1753).
Acrostichum calomelanos f. sulfurea Duss Div. Foug. Antill. Franc.: 76 (1903).
Ceropteris calomelanos var. gracilis Hieron. Hedwigia 48: 222 (1909).
Ceropteris martensii Link Fil. Spec.: 143 (1841).
Ceropteris massonii Link Fil. Spec.: 143 (1841).
Ceropteris serrata Fée Mém. Foug., 8. Ic. Esp. Nouv.: 81 (1857).
Gymnogramma bidentata C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 18 (1825).
Gymnogramma calomelanos (L.) Kaulf. Enum. Filic.: 76 (1824).
Gymnogramma calomelanos f. albo-farinosa Krug Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 134 (1897).
Gymnogramma calomelanos var. denudata Harr. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 37 (1877).
Gymnogramma calomelanos f. epruinata Kuhn Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 134 (1897).
Gymnogramma calomelanos f. flavofarinosa Kuhn Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 134 (1897).
Gymnogramma calomelanos var. martensii Jenman Bull. Bot. Dept., Jamaica, n.s., 4: 206 (1897).
Gymnogramma calomelanos var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 378 (1898), not validly publ.
Gymnogramma calomelas Link Hort. Berol. 2: 52 (1833).
Gymnogramma hybrida M.Martens Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 4: 50 (1837).
Gymnogramma martensii Bory Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sér. 3, Sci. Vie 5: 127 (1837).
Gymnogramma massonii Loudon Linnaea 23: 255 (1850).
Gymnogramma serrata T.Moore Index Fil.: 232 (1861).
Neurogramma calomelanos (L.) Diels in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 264 (1899).
Pityrogramma albicans Domin Spisy Přír. Fak. Karlovy Univ. 88: 58 (1928).
Pityrogramma calomelanos var. distans Urb. Symb. Antill. 9: 339 (1925).
Pityrogramma calomelanos var. integrifoliolata J.Murillo & M.T.Murillo Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 23(Supl. Esp.): 92 (2000).
Pityrogramma chamaesorbus Domin Spisy Přír. Fak. Karlovy Univ. 88: 6 (1928).
Pityrogramma consimilis Domin Spisy Přír. Fak. Karlovy Univ. 88: 58 (1928).
Pityrogramma hybrida Domin Spisy Přír. Fak. Karlovy Univ. 88: 10 (1928).
Pityrogramma insularis Domin Spisy Přír. Fak. Karlovy Univ. 88: 6 (1928).
Pityrogramma intermedia Domin Rozpr. České Akad. Vĕd, Tř. 2, Vĕdy Mat. Přír., reimpr. 38(4): 59 (1929).
Pityrogramma mira Domin Spisy Přír. Fak. Karlovy Univ. 88: 59 (1928).
Pityrogramma tenerrima Domin Věstn. Ceské Společn. Nauk, Tř. Mat.-Přír. 1941(15): 1 (1942).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ceropteris calomelanos	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link var. calomelanos	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Pityrogramma calomelanos (L.)Link	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Pityrogramma calomelanos (Linn.) Link	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Pityrogramma calomelanos (Linnaeus) Link	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Pityrogramma calomelanos (Sw.) Link	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Pityrogramma calomelanos L. var. calomelanos	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Pityrogramma calomelanos Link	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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