Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amorphophallus margaritifer (Roxb.) Kunth [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kharhar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kharkar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vajrakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Plesmonium margaritiferum (Roxb.) Schott Syn. Aroid.: 34 (1856).
Arum margaritiferum Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 512 (1832).
Plesmonium dubium Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 125 (1860).
Plesmonium margaritiferum f. minor Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23C: 51 (1911).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amorphophallus margaritifer (Roxb.) Kunth	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Amorphophallus margaritifer Kunth	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Plesmonium margaretiferum (Roxb.) Schott	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Plesmonium margaritiferum Schott.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ptesmonium margaritiferum (Roxb.) Schott	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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