Plant Details

Accepted name:

Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H.Raven [Onagraceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

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Ludwigia octovalvis subsp. brevisepala (Brenan) P.H.Raven

Ludwigia octovalvis subsp. octovalvis

Ludwigia octovalvis subsp. sessiliflora (Micheli) P.H.Raven

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
banlumga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bavakula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhulavangah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bihi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
cattu-carambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
clavo	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
dathijudiring	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
esclavito	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
esclavo	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
kaadulavanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaavaakula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaavakulla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukarayamapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukkirampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukirambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kauakula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kere haavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirambuuppondu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marshy clove	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mexican primrose-willow	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
neeru agnivendra paaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeruagnivendramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirkirambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirubaccala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paana lavanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasalaccira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild cloves	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Oenothera octovalvis Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl.: 19 (1760).
Jussiaea octovalvis (Jacq.) Sw. Observ. Bot.: 142 (1791).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ludwigia octovalvis	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H. Raven	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) P.H.Raven	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)
Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) Raven	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacquin) Raven	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Oenothera octovalvis Jacq.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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