Plant Details

Accepted name:: Caudanthera edulis (Edgew.) Meve & Liede [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chounga	Other	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
chunga	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
dugdha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dugdhapashana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dugdhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshirakshava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshirini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pamankay	Other	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011) Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
pamnkai	Other	Ethnobot. & Nutritive Potential of Wild Food Pl. (Shad et al., 2013)
pimpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uttamphalini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yugmaphalottama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
stem		Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
stem		Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011)
Aerial parts		Ethnobot. & Nutritive Potential of Wild Food Pl. (Shad et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Caralluma edulis (Edgew.) Benth. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 76 (1883).
Caralluma longidens N.E.Br. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 12: 369 (1892).
Boucerosia edulis Edgew. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 205 (1862).
Boucerosia stocksiana Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 63 (1875).
Brachystelma subaphyllum (Schltr.) K.Schum. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 7: 40 (1907).
Caralluma ango (A.Rich.) N.E.Br. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 12: 369 (1892).
Caralluma vittata N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 483 (1903).
Ceropegia edulis (Edgew.) Bruyns S. African J. Bot. 112: 414 (2017).
Cryptolluma edulis (Edgew.) Plowes Haseltonia 3: 57 (1995).
Desmidorchis stocksiana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 418 (1891), nom. superfl.
Lasiostelma subaphyllum Schltr. J. Bot. 37: 62 (1899).
Spiralluma longidens (N.E.Br.) Plowes Haseltonia 3: 53 (1995).
Stapelia ango A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 50 (1850).
Tenaris subaphylla (Schltr.) N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 473 (1903).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Caralluma edulis (Edgew) Bth ex	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011)
Caralluma edulis (Edgew.) Benth. and Hook.	Ethnobot. & Nutritive Potential of Wild Food Pl. (Shad et al., 2013)
Caralluma edulis (Edgew.) Benth. ex Hook.f.	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Caralluma edulis (Edgew.) Hook.f	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
Caralluma edulis (Edgew.) Hook.f.	Ethnobot. of Swat Valley, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2018)
Caralluma edulis Benth.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Caralluma edulis Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Caralluma edulis Bth ex Hk.f (Edgew)	Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
Caralluma longidens N.E. Br.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Caudanthera edulis (Edgew.) Meve & Liede	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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