Plant Details

Accepted name:

Canscora alata (Roth) Wall. [Gentianaceae]

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World Checklist: unpublished records ( )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:
akshapida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canscora	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chitti akchinata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daakuni	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
danakuni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dandotpala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dridhapada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalameg	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kambumalinee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kambupushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kancankora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahatikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maheshvari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakuli	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
netramila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patratanduli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakmal	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
samkhaphuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samkhapuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanhkapuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankha holi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhahuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhaphuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhapuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhawali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankhupuspam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankahpuspi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
shankahuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankha pushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhahuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhapushpi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankhuli	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
shankinigida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukshmapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tantorpalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiktayava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tunduli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
visarpini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yashasvini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yavatikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yavotchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
සක්මල්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Canscora decussata (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f. Mant. 3: 229 (1827).
Cobamba blancoi Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2: 591 (1845).
Exacum alatum Roth in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 159 (1818).
Pladera decussata Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 418 (1820).
Pladera perfoliata Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 418 (1820).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Canscora alata (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Wall.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Canscora alata (Roth) Wall.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Canscora alata (Roth.) Wall.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015)
Canscora decussata	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Canscora decussata Roemer et Schauer	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Canscora decussata Schult.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Canscora decussata Schult. & Schult.f.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015)
Canscora decussata Schult. & Schult.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Canscora descussata	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Canscoria decussata	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

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