Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cressa cretica L. [Convolvulaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alkali weed	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
alukanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amritasrava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anshalees	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anthillis	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chanakpatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chanapatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chavala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chavel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cressa	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
cresse de crète	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
cresse à feuilles d’herniaire	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
dravanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erva molhada	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
khardi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhusrava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahamansi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meliha	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
mullumaddu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nadawah	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
naduoh	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
nedewah	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
nonasuttu balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palitaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
romanchika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rosin weed	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
rudanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
rudanti balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rudantika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rudantikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rudravanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
salmas	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
sanjivani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
showail	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
shuwail	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
sravanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sravattaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uppu sanaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
uppu senaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uppucanaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uppumarik koluntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uppumarikkoluntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uppumarikolunthu	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
uppusanaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
vuppu marikkozhunthu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
سلماس	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
شويل	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
مليحه	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
نداوة	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
whole plant, leaves		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cressa ballii Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie: 629 (1890).
Cressa cretica var. indica (Retz.) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 440 (1845).
Cressa cretica var. loscosii (Trémols) Willk. Ill. Fl. Hispan. 1: 13 (1880).
Cressa cretica var. villosa (Hoffmanns. & Link) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 440 (1845).
Cressa humifusa Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 268 (1779).
Cressa indica Retz. Observ. Bot. 4: 24 (1786).
Cressa intermedia T.Anderson J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): 32 (1860).
Cressa loscosii Trémols in F.Loscos & H.Y.Bernál, Trat. Pl. Aragon 1: 38 (1877).
Cressa microphylla St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 63 (1880).
Cressa monosperma Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 33 (1812), nom. superfl.
Cressa villosa Hoffmanns. & Link Fl. Portug. 1: 372 (1820).
Franca mollis (M.Bieb.) Vis. Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 16: 158 (1871).
Frankenia mollis M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 276 (1819).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cressa cretica	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Cressa cretica L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cressa cretica Linn	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Cressa cretica Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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