Plant Details

Accepted name:: Uncaria elliptica R.Br. ex G.Don [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kath	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark (Stem)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Uncaria gambier Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 138 (1859), sensu auct.
Nauclea dasyoneura (Korth.) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 513 (1843).
Nauclea elliptica (R.Br. ex G.Don) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 512 (1843).
Uncaria brevispina Maingay ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 31 (1880).
Uncaria dasyoneura Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt., Bot.: 169 (1842).
Uncaria dasyoneura var. thwaitesii Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 31 (1880).
Uncaria rostrata Pierre ex Pit. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 53 (1922).
Uncaria thwaitesii (Hook.f.) Alston Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 11: 208 (1929).
Uruparia dasyoneura (Korth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 301 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Uncaria elliptica R.Br. ex G.Don	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Uncaria elliptica R.Br. ex G.Don.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Uncaria gambier Thwaites	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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