Plant Details

Accepted name:

Stephania japonica var. discolor (Blume) Forman [Menispermaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies of:

Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers

Infraspecies:

See all 2

Stephania japonica var. japonica

Stephania japonica var. timoriensis (DC.) Forman

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ambashtha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ampastai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duvyatige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padakelenga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patakilannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajapatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamarki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanatik-tika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanatikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatta kanni thalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Cissampelos hernandiifolia Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 861 (1806).
Cissampelos hexandra Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 841 (1832).
Stephania hernandiifolia (Willd.) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 96 (1842).
Clypea discolor Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 26 (1825).
Clypea hernandiifolia (Willd.) Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 14 (1834).
Clypea oxyphylla Miers Contr. Bot. 3: 206 (1871).
Cocculus finlaysonianus Wall. Numer. List: n.° 4974 (1831), nom. nud.
Stephania australis A.Gray U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 38 (1854).
Stephania australis Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 7: 40 (1851).
Stephania discolor (Blume) Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 4(2): 316 (1827).
Stephania discolor var. hernandiifolia (Willd.) Boerl. Cat. Pl. Phan.: 42 (1899).
Stephania gaudichaudii A.Gray U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 37 (1854).
Stephania hallieri Diels in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 94: 281 (1910).
Stephania latifolia Miers Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 18: 15 (1866), nom. nud.
Stephania latifolia Miers Contr. Bot. 3: 224 (1871).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cissampelos hernandifolia Willd.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cissampelos hexandra	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Stephania hernandifolia (Willd.) Walp.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Stephania hernandifolia Walp	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Stephania hernandifolia Walp.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Stephania hernandifolia Walpers	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Stephania japanica (Thunb.) Miers var. discolor (Bl.) Forman	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers var. discolor (Blume) Forman	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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