Plant Details

Accepted name:

Bombax insigne Wall. [Malvaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
didu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalilavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallilavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katpoola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattilavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuppulai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattupula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutasalmali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parayilavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pareiilavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaikungiliyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Salmalia insignis (Wall.) Schott & Endl. Melet. Bot.: 35 (1832).
Bombax festivum Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1841 (1829), nom. nud.
Bombax insigne var. alba Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893).
Bombax insigne var. andamanica Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893).
Bombax insigne subsp. genuina Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893), nom. illeg.
Bombax insigne var. polystemon Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 65 (1893).
Bombax insigne var. tenebrosum (Dunn) Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 116 (1963).
Bombax insigne var. wightii Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893).
Bombax scopulorum Dunn in J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: 100 (1915).
Bombax tenebrosum Dunn J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35: 486 (1903).
Gossampinus insignis Bakh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 6: 190 (1924).
Salmalia scopulorum (Dunn) Stearn in E.Blatter & W.A.Millard, Some Beautiful Indian Trees, ed. 2: 128 (1955).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bombax insigne Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Salmalia insignis (Wall.) Schott & Endl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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