Plant Details

Accepted name:: Girardinia diversifolia subsp. diversifolia [Urticaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis
Infraspecies:: 2

Girardinia diversifolia subsp. suborbiculata (C.J.Chen) C.J.Chen & Friis

Girardinia diversifolia subsp. triloba (C.J.Chen) C.J.Chen & Friis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ain	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaccoriyanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anachoriyan	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
awaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
awabichhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bicchu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bichhu buti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bichhuu-booti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bichwa siyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dholan kandeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaddanelli	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghora keemesh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghora-keemesh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
himalayan nettle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaldi bichhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalisisun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandalo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandeli marsu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasti-khatkutli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kushi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shishuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turisike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vichu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrishchikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
大蝎子草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
带刺马鞭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
红活麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Bark (Stem)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 43 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Girardinia chingianae S.S.Chien Contr. Biol. Lab. Chin. Assoc. Advancem. Sci., Sect. Bot. 9: 259 (1934).
Girardinia heterophylla Decne. in V.Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4(Bot.): 151 (1844), nom. superfl.
Girardinia hibiscifolia Miq. Pl. Jungh.: 31 (1851).
Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne. in V.Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4(Bot.): 152 (1844).
Girardinia palmata Gaudich. ex Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 158 (1855), nom. illeg.
Girardinia suborbiculata subsp. grammata (C.J.Chen) C.J.Chen Acta Phytotax. Sin. 30: 477 (1992).
Girardinia zeylanica Decne. in V.Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4(Bot.): 152 (1844).
Urtica heterophylla Vahl Symb. Bot. 1: 76 (1790), nom. superfl.
Urtica palmata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 159 (1775).
Fleurya humulifolia Kunth Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 11 (1847).
Girardinia adoensis (Hochst. ex Steud.) Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 4, 1: 181 (1854).
Girardinia condensata (Hochst. ex Steud.) Wedd. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 169 (1856).
Girardinia condensata var. adoensis (Hochst. ex Steud.) De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 4, 1: 173 (1903).
Girardinia cuspidata subsp. grammata C.J.Chen Acta Bot. Yunnan. 4: 334 (1982).
Girardinia diversifolia subsp. ciliata (C.J.Chen) H.W.Li Fl. Yunnanica 7: 193 (1997).
Girardinia erosa Decne. in V.Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4(Bot.): 151 (1844).
Girardinia erosa var. occidentalis Leandri Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 6, 7-8: 31 (1950).
Girardinia formosana Hayata ex Yamam. Icon. Pl. Formosan., Suppl. 1: 3 (1925).
Girardinia furialis Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 159 (1856).
Girardinia heterophylla subsp. adoensis (Hochst. ex Steud.) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XX (1969).
Girardinia heterophylla var. palmata Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 551 (1888).
Girardinia heterophylla var. zeylanica (Decne.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 551 (1888).
Girardinia javanica Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 1: 181 (1854).
Girardinia longispica Hand.-Mazz. Sinensia 2: 133 (1932).
Girardinia longispica subsp. conferta C.J.Chen Acta Bot. Yunnan. 4: 333 (1982).
Girardinia palmata subsp. ciliata C.J.Chen Acta Bot. Yunnan. 4: 332 (1982).
Girardinia vahlii Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 258 (1856).
Girardinia vitifolia Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 1: 181 (1854).
Girardinia vitifolia Franch. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 10: 80 (1887 publ. 1888), nom. illeg.
Urera palmata Gaudich. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 2: 1150 (1895), pro syn.
Urtica acerifolia Zenker Pl. Ind.: t. 3-4 (1836).
Urtica adoensis Hochst. ex Steud. Flora 33: 259 (1850).
Urtica armata Kunth ex Wedd. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 101 (1869), not validly publ.
Urtica buraei H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: cxliv (1907).
Urtica condensata Hochst. ex Steud. Flora 33: 260 (1850).
Urtica ferocissima Sweet Hort. Brit.: 363 (1826).
Urtica girardinia Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 734 (1841), not validly publ.
Urtica heterophylla Wall. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 59 (1825), nom. illeg.
Urtica horrida Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 385 (1822), nom. illeg.
Urtica incisa B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 4603 (1831), not validly publ.
Urtica linkiana Heynh. Nom. Bot. Hort.: 832 (1841).
Urtica lobatifolia S.S.Ying Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 6(1): 169 (1972).
Urtica pinnatifida F.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 9: 367 (1823).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gerardinia zeylanica Decaisne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Girardiana heterophylla Decne.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Girardinia chingiana Chien	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Girardinia heterophylla	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Girardinia heterophylla (Vah) Decne.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Girardinia heterophylla DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Girardinia heterophylla Decne.	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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Girardinia hibescifolia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Girardinia palmata (Forsk.) Gaud.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Girardinia palmata (Forsk.)Gaud.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Girardinia palmata Gaud.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Girardinia suborbiculata C.J.Chen subsp. grammata (C.J.Chen) C.J.Chen	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Girardinia zeylanica Decaisne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Girardinia zeylanica Decne.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Urtica heterophylla Vahl	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Urtica palmata Forsk.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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