Plant Details

Accepted name:: Emilia sonchifolia var. sonchifolia [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.
Infraspecies:: Emilia sonchifolia var. lanceolata Tjitr.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cupid's shaving brush	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
emilia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hangplachon	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kemendilan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ketumbit jantan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
naagapatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patah kemudi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
setumbak merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tagulinau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tempu wiyang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ye xia hong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Emilia scabra DC. Prodr. 6: 303 (1838).
Senecio sonchifolius Moench Suppl. Meth.: 231 (1802).
Cacalia glabra B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 3145 (1831), not validly publ.
Cacalia prenanthoides Sieber ex DC. Prodr. 6: 302 (1838).
Emilia mucronata Wall. Numer. List: n.° 316 (1829).
Emilia purpurea Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 34: 393 (1825).
Emilia rigidula DC. Prodr. 6: 302 (1838).
Emilia sinica Miq. J. Bot. Néerl. 1: 105 (1861).
Gynura ecalyculata DC. Prodr. 6: 298 (1838).
Prenanthes sarmentosa Wall. Numer. List: n.° 3262E (1831), not validly publ.
Senecio ecalyculatus Sch.Bip. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 159 (1867).
Senecio rapae F.Br. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 130: 361 (1935).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Emilia scabra DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Senecio sonchifolius	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Senecio sonchifolius (Linn.) Moench.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sonecio sonchifolius	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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