Plant Details

Accepted name:

Sarcococca coriacea (Hook.) Sweet [Buxaceae]

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World Checklist: unpublished records ( )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:
bakhre ghans	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
fitifiya	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
leghunay	Other	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
patape	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pibi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
radi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shhyura	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
telparo	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves and flowers		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Sarcococca pruniformis Lindl. Bot. Reg. 12: t. 1021 (1826).
Buxus cariacea (Hook.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 4(2): 314 (1827).
Pachysandra coriacea Hook. Exot. Fl. 2: t. 148 (1825).
Sarcococca brevifolia (Müll.Arg.) Stapf ex Gamble Fl. Madras: 1265 (1925).
Sarcococca pruniformis var. brevifolia (Müll.Arg.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 5: 267 (1887).
Sarcococca pruniformis var. latifolia Lindl. Bot. Reg. 12: t. 1012 (1826).
Sarcococca saligna var. brevifolia Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16: 12 (1869).
Sarcococca saligna var. coriacea (Hook.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 11 (1869).
Sarcococca saligna var. densiflora Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 11 (1869).
Sarcococca saligna var. latifolia (Lindl.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 11 (1869).
Sarcococca tonkinensis Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 483 (1921 publ. 1922).
Sarcococca trinervia Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1877 (1852).
Sarcococca vagans Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 230 (1919).
Sarcococca zeylanica var. brevifolia (Müll.Arg.) Sealy Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 92: 138 (1986).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sarcocca pruniformis Lindley	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Sarcococca coriacea (Hooker) Sweet	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Sarcococca coriacea Miill-Arg.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sarcococca pruniformis Lindl.	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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