Plant Details

Accepted name:: Zehneria scabra subsp. scabra [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond.
Infraspecies:: 2

Zehneria scabra subsp. argyrea (Zimm.) C.Jeffrey

Zehneria scabra var. chirindensis C.Jeffrey

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kalinkatitakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalinkatitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuruvikizangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macuni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macutakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nayppakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
netuvari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
netuvarikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattiramatantai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuttakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuttakaikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuttuval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uppilan kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uruttiratcantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vakkirappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valuvai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valuvaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatavipputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vinaiccirru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 53 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bryonia cordata Thunb. Fl. Cap. 1: 149 (1811).
Bryonia punctata Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 13 (1794), nom. illeg.
Melothria cordata (Thunb.) Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 613 (1881).
Melothria longepedunculata (A.Rich.) Hochst. ex Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 612 (1881).
Melothria perpusilla (Blume) Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 607 (1881).
Melothria punctata Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 615 (1881), nom. illeg.
Zehneria longepedunculata A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 287 (1848).
Bryonia angulata Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 13 (1794).
Bryonia dentata E.Mey. in J.F.Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 169 (1844).
Bryonia maderaspatana P.J.Bergius Descr. Pl. Cap.: 351 (1767), nom. illeg.
Bryonia maysorensis Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 3: t. 758 (1844), sensu auct.
Bryonia perpusilla (Blume) Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 926 (1826).
Bryonia scabrata Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 923 (1826).
Bryonia scrobiculata Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 287 (1848), not validly publ.
Bryonia stipulacea var. perpusilla (Blume) Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 307 (1828).
Bryonia thunbergiana D.Dietr. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 123 (1821).
Cucumis perpusillus Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 11 (1790), nom. nud.
Cucurbita perpusilla Blume Catalogus: 105 (1823).
Melothria abyssinica Naudin Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 18: 13 (1893).
Melothria ciprianii Pic.Serm. Miss. Stud. Lago Tana 1: 259 (1951).
Melothria fernandensis Hutch. & Dalziel Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 178 (1927).
Melothria gilgiana Cogn. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 503 (1913), nom. superfl.
Melothria louisii Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 96 (1943).
Melothria mannii Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 617 (1881).
Melothria membranifolia Cogn. ex Schinz Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 420 (1895).
Melothria pulchra Buscal. & Muschl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 497 (1913).
Melothria scrobiculata (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 605 (1881).
Melothria suavis (Schrad.) Mottet Dict. Prat. Hort. 3: 304 (1895-1896).
Melothria tomentosa Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 614 (1881).
Melothria tomentosa var. parvifolia Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 615 (1881).
Momordica rotunda Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 20 (1790), nom. nud.
Pilogyne affinis Schrad. in C.F.Ecklon & K.L.P.Zeyher, Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 278 (1836).
Pilogyne cuspidata Schrad. in C.F.Ecklon & K.L.P.Zeyher, Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 278 (1836).
Pilogyne dilatata Schrad. in C.F.Ecklon & K.L.P.Zeyher, Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 278 (1836).
Pilogyne ecklonii Schrad. in C.F.Ecklon & K.L.P.Zeyher, Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 278 (1836).
Pilogyne membranacea Schrad. in C.F.Ecklon & K.L.P.Zeyher, Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 278 (1836).
Pilogyne perpusilla (Blume) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes Reinwardtia 12: 410 (2009).
Pilogyne punctata Dammann Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 14: 459 (1889).
Pilogyne setosa Regel Cat. Pl. Hort. Aksakov.: 111 (1860).
Pilogyne suavis Schrad. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1835: 5 (1835).
Pilogyne tenuifolia Schrad. Linnaea 12: 412 (1838).
Zehneria affinis Endl. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 196 (1843).
Zehneria cordata (Thunb.) Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 486 (1862).
Zehneria cordifolia Schweinf. ex Broun & Massey Fl. Sudan: 103 (1929).
Zehneria cuspidata Endl. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 196 (1843).
Zehneria deltoidea Hook.f. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 560 (1871), nom. illeg.
Zehneria dilatata Endl. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 196 (1843).
Zehneria ecklonis Endl. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 196 (1843).
Zehneria membranacea Endl. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 196 (1843).
Zehneria perpusilla (Blume) Bole & M.R.Almeida J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79: 315 (1982 publ. 1983).
Zehneria scrobiculata Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 287 (1848).
Zehneria suavis (Schrad.) Endl. Cat. Hort. Vindob. 2: 279 (1842).
Zehneria velutina A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 287 (1848), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bryonia cordata Thunb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bryonia punctata Thunb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Melothria cordata (Thunb.)Cogn.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Melothria longepedunculata (A.Rich.)Cogn.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Melothria perpusilla (Bl.) Cogn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Melothria perpusilla (Blume) Cogn.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Melothria perpusilla Cogn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Melothria punctata Cogn.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Zehneria longepedunculata A.Rich.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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