Plant Details

Accepted name:: Psychotria asiatica L. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abautakayo	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
dě bù tùn	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
karasiresi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
niàng yē	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
taga-yoku	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
tagayotuku	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
刀傷木	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
刀斧傷	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
吹筒管	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
大丹葉	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
大退七	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
山大刀	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山大顏	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
山大颜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
暗山公	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
暗山香	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
牛屎烏	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
脂紅葉	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
血絲羅傘	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
青龍吐霧	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)

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

Antherura rubra Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 144 (1790).
Psychotria reevesii Wall. in W.Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 2: 164 (1824).
Psychotria rubra (Lour.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 597 (1816).
Aucubaephyllum lioukiense Ahlb. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 36: 113 (1878).
Polyozus lanceolata Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 75 (1790).
Psychotria antherura Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 188 (1819), nom. superfl.
Psychotria esquirolii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 435 (1912).
Psychotria reevesii var. pilosa Pit. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 362 (1924).
Psychotria rubra var. lanceolata H.L.Li J. Arnold Arbor. 24(3): 374 (1943), nom. illeg.
Psychotria rubra var. pilosa (Pit.) W.C.Chen Acta Phytotax. Sin. 30: 272 (1992).
Psychotrophum asiaticum (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 259 (1766).
Uragoga rubra (Lour.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 962 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Antherura rubra Loru.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Psychotria asiatica L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Psychotria reevesii Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Psychotria rubra (Lour.) Poir.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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