Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dracaena zeylanica (L.) Mabb. [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bowstring hemp	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
madhurasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marool kalung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marul kilang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marul-kilang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marut kilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murgali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muroova	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muruva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niyanda	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
perungurumbai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piluparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitaravi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
නියඳ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
roots, rhizome	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sansevieria zeylanica (L.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 159 (1799).
Acyntha zeylanica (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 699 (1891).
Aloe hyacinthoides var. zeylanica L. Sp. Pl.: 321 (1753).
Aloe zeylanica (L.) Jacq. Enum. Stirp. Vindob.: 310 (1762).
Cordyline zeylanica (L.) Britton Bot. Porto Rico 6: 529 (1930).
Sansevieria ensifolia Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 66 (1812).
Sansevieria grandicuspis Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 67 (1812).
Sansevieria indica Herter Estud. Bot. Reg. Uruguay 24: 218 (1956).
Sansevieria pumila Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 67 (1812).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dracaena zeylanica (L.) Mabb.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Sansevieria zeylanica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sansevieria zeylanica (L.) Willd.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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