Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asystasia gangetica var. gangetica [Acanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson
Infraspecies:: Asystasia gangetica var. krishnae Tandyekk., Pandur. & N.Mohanan

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar ruas-ruas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ara songsang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
asistasiya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
baya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bulak-bulak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese violet	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
herba le rail	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kuan ye shi wan cuo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lavana-valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
medday keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pengorak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rumput israel	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rumput itik	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tropical primrose	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
upputhali	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asystasia coromandeliana Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 89 (1832).
Ruellia coromandelina Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 166 (1847), not validly publ.
Asystasia comorensis var. humilis Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 166 (1847).
Asystasia gangetica var. mendeliana S.R.Kundu & Mahua Pal J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21: 486 (1997).
Asystasia plumbaginea Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 89 (1832).
Asystasia quarterna Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 166 (1847).
Asystasia violacea Dalzell Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 139 (1850).
Intrusaria bicolor Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 66 (1838).
Justicia plumbaginea Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2487 (1830).
Ruellia coromandeliana Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2399 (1830), not validly publ.
Ruellia digitalis Burm. Fl. Malab.: 10 (1769).
Ruellia filiformis B.Heyne ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 481 (1841), not validly publ.
Ruellia nemoralis Vahl ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 165 (1847), not validly publ.
Ruellia obliqua Wight ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2399 D (1830), not validly publ.
Ruellia secunda Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 84 (1794).
Ruellia umbrosa Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2399 B (1830), not validly publ.
Ruellia variabilis Macrae ex Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 165 (1847), not validly publ.
Ruellia zeylanica Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 46 (1814).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asystasia coromandeliana Nees	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Asystasia coromandeliana Nees.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Asystasia coromandelinus Nees	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ruellia coromandelina Wall.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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