Plant Details

Accepted name:: Commicarpus chinensis subsp. chinensis [Nyctaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Commicarpus chinensis (L.) Heimerl
Infraspecies:: Commicarpus chinensis subsp. natalensis Meikle

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
atukumamidi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cattaranai	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannekomali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
periyamukkirattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sathi-charanai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varakanpuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varakanputu	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Boerhavia repanda Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 22 (1797).
Boerhavia bastica Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6769 (1832).
Boerhavia umbellata Wight ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 709 (1885), pro syn.
Commicarpus repandus (Willd.) Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 101 (1916).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Boerhaavia repanda Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Boerhavia repanda Willd.	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)

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