Plant Details

Accepted name:: Digera muricata subsp. muricata [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Digera muricata (L.) Mart.
Infraspecies:: 3

Digera muricata var. macroptera C.C.Towns.

Digera muricata var. patentipilosa C.C.Towns.

Digera muricata subsp. trinervis C.C.Towns.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aranya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aranyavastuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chanchali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chenchalikura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
getna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gitana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunanjara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuranjara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutinjar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
latmahuria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lisava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manjarika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Achyranthes alternifolia L. Mant. Pl. 1: 50 (1767).
Desmochaeta alternifolia DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 103 (1813).
Digera alternifolia (L.) Asch. in G.Schweinfurth & auct. suc. (eds.), Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 180 (1867).
Digera alternifolia var. ciliata (Lam.) Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 376 (1932).
Digera arvensis Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 65 (1775).
Achyranthes ciliata Lam. Encycl. 1: 549 (1785).
Achyranthes digera Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 11 (1811).
Achyranthes polygonoides Retz. Observ. Bot. 2: 12 (1781).
Amaranthus arvensis (Forssk.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 5: 137 (1901).
Celosia muricata Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 102 (1827).
Chamissoa arabica Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 815 (1824).
Chamissoa ciliata Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 815 (1824).
Chamissoa commutata Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 815 (1824).
Cladostachys alternifolia Sweet Hort. Brit.: 336 (1826).
Cladostachys arborescens D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 861 (1839).
Desmochaeta ciliata Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 553 (1819).
Digera ciliata (Lam.) Mart. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 285 (1826).
Digera forsskaolii Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 542 (1826).
Digera frutescens Juss. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 506 (1840).
Eclotoripa annua Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 40 (1837).
Eclotoripa fruticosa Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 40 (1837).
Steiremis ciliata Raf. New Fl. 4: 45 (1838).
Uretia alternifolia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 40 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Achyranthes alternifolia L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Desmochaeta alternifolia (L.)DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Digera alternifolia	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Digera alternifolia (L.) Asch.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Digera alternifolia (L.)Asch.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Digera alternifolia (L.)Asch. ciliata (Lam.)Chiov.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Digera arvensis Forssk.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Digera muricata (L.)Mart. muricata	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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