Plant Details

Accepted name:

Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) Kuntze [Acanthaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
assam indigo	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
assam-indigo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ban lan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
banlan	Other	Ethnobotany of Dye Plants in Dong Communities of China. (Liu et al., 2014) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
banlangen	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
bannangeng	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
baphicacanthis cusiae rhizoma et radix	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
baphicacanthus	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
baphicacanthus root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
bù qiàng	Other	Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
cing dai	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
conehead	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indigo naturalis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
khraam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ma lan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ma lan gen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mălán	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
nan ban lan gen	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
nan banlangen	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
nanbanlangen	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
natural indigo	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
naturalis indigo	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
qing dai	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
qingdai	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
rhizoma et radix baphicacanthis cusiae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
sang mei lan	Other	Ethnobotany of Dye Plants in Dong Communities of China. (Liu et al., 2014)
strobilanthes	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
strobilanthes cusia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
strobilanthii cusiae rhizoma et radix	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tarom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
taromsiam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
南板藍根	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
板蓝	Other	Ethnobotany of Dye Plants in Dong Communities of China. (Liu et al., 2014) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
板蓝根	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
板藍	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
青黛	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
馬藍	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
马蓝	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, stem	dried powder or mass prepared from the leaf or the stem and leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
leaves:stem:roots		Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013)
leaf and stem		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Leaves		Ethnobotany of Dye Plants in Dong Communities of China. (Liu et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Root		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
leaf or the stem and leaf	dried powder or masses perpared from the leaf or the stem and leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaves		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
root, dye extract from leaf		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Roots and leaves		Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
leaf, stem	dried powder or mass prepared from the leaf or the stem and leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome and root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 41(1): 190 (1944).
Goldfussia cusia Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 88 (1832).
Strobilanthes flaccidifolia Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 194 (1847).
Dipteracanthus calycinus Champ. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 133 (1853).
Ruellia cusia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2386 (1830), not validly publ.
Ruellia indigofera Griff. J. Trav. 1: 237 (1847).
Ruellia indigotica Fortune Resid. Chin.: 158 (1857).
Strobilanthes balansae Lindau Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 652 (1897).
Strobilanthes championii T.Anderson ex Benth. Fl. Hongk.: 261 (1861).
Strobilanthes flaccida G.Mann Assam Forest. Rep.: 135 (1876), orth. var.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Baphicacanthus cusia	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek.	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremekamp	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Baphicacanthus cusia Bremek	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Goldfussia cusw Nees	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Strobilanthes cusia	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) Imlay	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) J. B. Imlay	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) Kuntze	Ethnobotany of Dye Plants in Dong Communities of China. (Liu et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Plants of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng, 2013) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) O.Kuntze	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Strobilanthes cusia Kuntze	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Strobilanthes flaccidifolius Nees	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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