Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pigea enneasperma (L.) P.I.Forst. [Violaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abiwelé	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
abiwere	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
alwaas	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
amburuha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
charaata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
charati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curiyakanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutumatavacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutumatavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
etekapuntarikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ikkanatikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ikkanatikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ilatcumirestam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irattanapurus	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ital	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kancankonitacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kancankonitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapavisapakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katutitcanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttittamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelakobbari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelam-parenda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilappirantai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oorithal thamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orikazh tamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orilai tamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orilai thamarai	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
orilaithamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
orilaiththamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orilaittamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orilatamaray	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orilattamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orital t-tamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orital-t-tamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oritaltamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oritalvacanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orithal thamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padmacarini	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patumai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purusharathna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purusharathnam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purusharatna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purusharatnam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putcaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratan-purs	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratanpurus	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rathanparas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rathnapurus	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rathnapurusha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratna purusha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratna-purush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seerahanellipatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siranti gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sooriyakaanthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
usolala-ocha	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant	dry whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 72 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Afrohybanthus enneaspermus (L.) Flicker Phytotaxa 230: 47 (2015).
Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F.Muell. Fragm. 10: 81 (1876).
Hybanthus heterophyllus (Vent.) Baill. Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 841 (1884).
Hybanthus thesiifolius (Juss. ex Poir.) Hutch. & Dalziel Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 97 (1927).
Ionidium enneaspermum (L.) Vent. Jard. Malmaison: t. 27 (1803).
Ionidium suffruticosum (L.) Roth ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 394 (1819).
Viola suffruticosa L. Sp. Pl.: 937 (1753).
Alsodeia socotrana Balf.f. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 402 (1884).
Calceolaria enneasperma (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 41 (1891).
Calceolaria thymifolia (C.Presl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 41 (1891).
Hybanthus enneaspermus f. angustifolius Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 429 (1928).
Hybanthus enneaspermus var. banksianus (Ging. ex DC.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 429 (1928).
Hybanthus enneaspermus var. communis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 428 (1928).
Hybanthus enneaspermus var. densifolius Grey-Wilson Kew Bull. 39: 772 (1984).
Hybanthus enneaspermus var. diversifolius Grey-Wilson Kew Bull. 36: 106 (1981).
Hybanthus enneaspermus f. flavus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 429 (1928).
Hybanthus enneaspermus f. pseudocaffer Grey-Wilson Kew Bull. 36: 109 (1981).
Hybanthus enneaspermus f. pubescens Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 429 (1928).
Hybanthus fritzscheanus Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 399 (1919).
Hybanthus heterophyllus f. xerophilus H.Perrier Fl. Madagasc. 198: 9 (1954).
Hybanthus hildebrandtii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 398 (1919).
Hybanthus hirtus (Klotzsch) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 399 (1919).
Hybanthus hirtus var. glabrescens Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 399 (1919).
Hybanthus hirtus var. klotzschii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 400 (1919), not validly publ.
Hybanthus linifolius Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 584 (1886).
Hybanthus miniatus F.Muell. Trans. & Proc. Rep. Roy. Soc. South Australia 13: 97 (1890).
Hybanthus mollis Melch. in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 21: 360 (1925).
Hybanthus nyassensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 400 (1919).
Hybanthus suffruticosus (L.) Baill. Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 841 (1884).
Hybanthus suffruticosus (L.) Baill. ex Laness. Pl. Util. Col. Franç.: 606 (1886), nom. illeg.
Hybanthus thymifolius (C.Presl) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 400 (1919).
Hybanthus zippelii Melch. in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 21: 360 (1925).
Ionidium aethiopicum Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(II): 339 (1854 publ. 1855).
Ionidium banksianum (Ging. ex DC.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 813 (1840).
Ionidium dahomensis A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 33 (1920), nom. subnud.
Ionidium dahomensis var. maritimum A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 33 (1920), nom. subnud.
Ionidium enneaspermum var. hirtum (Klotzsch) Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 106 (1868).
Ionidium enneaspermum var. thesiifolium De Wild. & T.Durand Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 2, 1(2): 3 (1900).
Ionidium erectum Ging. Jard. Malmaison: t. 27 (1803).
Ionidium frutescens Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 394 (1819).
Ionidium heterophyllum Vent. Jard. Malmaison: t. 27 (1803).
Ionidium hexaspermum Dalzell Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 342 (1852).
Ionidium hirtum Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 148 (1861).
Ionidium indicum Capit. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 57: 396 (1910).
Ionidium leptorhizum DC. ex Ging. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 308 (1824).
Ionidium linifolium DC. ex Ging. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 309 (1824).
Ionidium molle Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(II): 338 (1854 publ. 1855).
Ionidium rhabdospermum Hochst. Flora 24(1, Intelligenzbl.): 43 (1841).
Ionidium subglaucum Herzog Meded. Rijks-Herb. 46: 15 (1921).
Ionidium thesiifolium (Juss. ex Poir.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 398 (1819).
Ionidium thymifolium C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 91 (1835).
Ionidium thymifolium var. pubescens C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 97 (1835).
Ionidium wightiana Wall. Numer. List: n.° 4020 (1831).
Ionidium zippelii Oudem. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 78 (1867).
Pigea banksiana Ging. ex DC. Prodr. 1: 307 (1824).
Polygala frutescens Burm.f. ex DC. Prodr. 1: 308 (1824), not validly publ.
Polygala thea Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 154 (1768).
Polygala theezans L. Mant. Pl. 2: 260 (1771), nom. superfl.
Solea enneasperma Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 804 (1824).
Solea erecta Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 804 (1824).
Solea heterophylla Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 804 (1824).
Solea linifolia Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 803 (1824).
Solea montana Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 167 (1841).
Viola angustifolia Banks ex Ging. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 307 (1824), not validly publ.
Viola enneasperma L. Sp. Pl.: 937 (1753).
Viola erecta Roth in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 380 (1819).
Viola frutescens (Schult.) B.Heyne ex Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 166 (1821).
Viola guineensis Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 133 (1827).
Viola heterophylla (Vent.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 8: 646 (1808).
Viola lanceifolia Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 134 (1827).
Viola linifolia Juss. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 8: 647 (1808).
Viola thesiifolia Juss. ex Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 8: 649 (1808).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Afrohybanthus enneaspermus (L.) Flicker	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F. Muell.	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F.Muell.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.f.) F. Muell.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.f.) F.r.Muell.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.f.) Muell.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Hybanthus enneaspermus (Linn.) F v. Muell.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Hybanthus enneaspermus F. von Muell.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Hybanthus heterophyllus (Vent.) Baill.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Hybanthus thesiifolius (Juss.) Hutch. & Dalz.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Ionidium enneaspermum Vent.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ionidium suffruticosum	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Ionidium suffruticosum Ging.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Viola suffruticosa L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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