Plant Details

Accepted name:

Pterospermum xylocarpum (Gaertn.) Oken [Malvaceae]

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World Checklist: unpublished records ( )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:
duddika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gubatara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanaka champaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanakakombu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kesali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lolagu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lolaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lolika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
loluga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lolugu chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macappunti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maccakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
machhakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matsakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mattsakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nolika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oopina mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
polavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
udupai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Pterospermum heyneanum Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 69 (1834), nom. superfl.
Pentaglottis suberifolia Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1169 (1829), not validly publ.
Pterospermadendron xylocarpum (Gaertn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 81 (1891).
Pterospermum donianum Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 350 (1842), nom. superfl.
Pterospermum heyneanum G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 538 (1831).
Pterospermum lawianum Nimmo in J.Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay: 246 (1839).
Velaga locarpa Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 245 (1791).
Velaga xylocarpa Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 245 (1791).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pterospermum heyneanum Wall. ex Wight & Arn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pterospermum heyneanum Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pterospermum xylocarpum (Gaertn.) Santapau & Wagh	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

Google Images