Plant Details

Accepted name:: Basella alba L. [Basellaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
allabachhalla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
allu-batchhalla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amritvallari	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
apodika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
apotakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arancaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arancakikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atipatati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atipatatikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ayinalikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ayinilikakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baayi basale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bacela	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bachhali koora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bachhalitheega	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baibasalesoppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basalaccira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basale soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baselle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bertalha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bili basale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bretalha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
brède d'angola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
brède de malabar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cekkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cekkaippacalikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cempacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cevappuppacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceylon or indian spinach	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceylon spinach	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ceylon-spinach	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
climbing spinach	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
creeping spinach	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cuvetapacali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuvetapacalikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
demra	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dodda basale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
endelema	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
enderema	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
enyanzha	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
erraalubachhali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eshivetso	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
espinaca blanca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
espinaca de malabar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
hire basale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian spinach	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian-spinach	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
itaai	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
itani	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kaarubachhali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalambi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalampi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu baayi basale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu basale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kieema	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kodi pasali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodip-pasalai-kkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodipasarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotippacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotippacalai-k-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotivacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotivacalaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotivayalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottuvacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kupotaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttu pacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttuppacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalbaclu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lemoldongu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lemudong'o	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lubchan	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
luo kui	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
madushaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malabar nightshade	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
malabar spinach	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
malabar-nightshade	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
malabar-spinach	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
malabarspenat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
malabarspinat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
malava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayalachivel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mboga buterezi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murerema	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ndelema	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nderema	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nderemek	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nderemia	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nderemiat	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nderma	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ng'aisichoi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nivithi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
osoiyai	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
osoyai	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacalaikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasalai	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
pedamattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddabachhalia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddamattuniatkubatsala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perumpacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perumpacalaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perumpaciri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phooi leaf	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pichhila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pichhilachhada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poi sag	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
polambachhali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potaki	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
potakikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pothaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putuppacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rachan	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
red vine spinach	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shivappupaslakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivappu vasalakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tengsanqi	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
ts	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tsinderema	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
upodaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
upodaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
upodika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
upodikaa	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
upoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valipodaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vallivastuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasalaccira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasalacheera pacha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
vasalakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaippacali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaippacalikoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venpacali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venpacalikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vhali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vhalichi-bhaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vicatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vicatappacalaikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vine spinach	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
vishala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishvatulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrishchikapriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wahlea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yindelema	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
épinard de malabar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
නිවිති	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
藤三七	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Others		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Leaves, Root		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
whole plant		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Basella cordifolia Lam. Encycl. 1: 382 (1785).
Basella rubra L. Sp. Pl.: 272 (1753).
Basella alba var. cordifolia (Lam.) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 217 (2003).
Basella alba var. subcordata Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 82 (1844).
Basella alba var. subrotunda Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 223 (1849).
Basella cananifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6961 (1832), nom. nud.
Basella crassifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 153 (1796).
Basella japonica Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 76 (1768).
Basella lucida L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 966 (1759).
Basella nigra Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 183 (1790).
Basella oleracea Alef. Landw. Fl.: 281 (1866), nom. superfl.
Basella oleracea var. alba (L.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 281 (1866), nom. superfl.
Basella oleracea var. cordifolia (Lam.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 282 (1866), nom. superfl.
Basella oleracea var. japonica (Burm.f.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 282 (1866), nom. superfl.
Basella oleracea var. nigra (Lour.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 282 (1866), nom. superfl.
Basella oleracea var. ramosa (J.Jacq. ex Spreng.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 282 (1866), nom. superfl.
Basella oleracea var. rubra (L.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 282 (1866), nom. superfl.
Basella ramosa J.Jacq. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., 1: 950 (1824).
Basella rubra var. virescens Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 223 (1849).
Basella volubilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 153 (1796).
Gandola nigra (Lour.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 60 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Baselia alba L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Baselia cordifolia	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Baselia rubra	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Basella alba	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Basella alba L.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Basella alba Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Basella alba Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Basella cordifolia Lam.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Basella rubra	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Basella rubra L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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