Plant Details

Accepted name:: Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
birah hitam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kiri habarala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
malanga	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
patioba	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
ratala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tannia	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Corm, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves, shoots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 38 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Xanthosoma appendiculatum Schott Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 417 (1854).
Xanthosoma violaceum Schott Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 3: 370 (1853).
Alocasia alboviolacea Veitch ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 673 (1862).
Alocasia talihan Elmer ex Merr. Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 1: 185 (1922).
Arum nigrum Vell. Fl. Flumin. 9: 386, t. 107 (1831 publ. 1881), nom. illeg.
Arum sagittifolium L. Sp. Pl.: 966 (1753).
Arum xanthorrhizon Jacq. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 2: 32 (1797).
Caladium edule G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 272 (1818).
Caladium mafaffa Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 471 (1879).
Caladium sagittifolium (L.) Vent. Descr. Pl. Nouv.: t. 30 (1801).
Caladium utile Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 469 (1879).
Caladium xanthorrhizon (Jacq.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 490 (1805).
Philodendron nigrum Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 52 (1841), nom. nud.
Xanthosoma atrovirens K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 3 (1855).
Xanthosoma atrovirens var. appendiculatum (Schott) Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 476 (1879).
Xanthosoma atrovirens var. hybridum K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 3 (1855).
Xanthosoma atrovirens var. kochii Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 50 (1920).
Xanthosoma atrovirens var. moritzii Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 51 (1920).
Xanthosoma atrovirens var. panduriforme Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 51 (1920).
Xanthosoma atrovirens var. versicolor K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 3 (1855).
Xanthosoma aureum E.G.Gonç. Aroideana 34: 8 (2011).
Xanthosoma edule (G.Mey.) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 19 (1832).
Xanthosoma ianthinum K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 2 (1855).
Xanthosoma jacquinii Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 19 (1832).
Xanthosoma maculatum G.Nicholson Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 660 (1861).
Xanthosoma mafaffa Schott Arac. Betreff. 2: 5 (1855).
Xanthosoma mafaffa var. typicum Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 51 (1920), not validly publ.
Xanthosoma monstruosum E.G.Gonç. Aroideana 34: 13 (2011).
Xanthosoma nigrum Stellfeld Tribuna Farm. 12: 201 (1944).
Xanthosoma obtusilobum Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23E: 53 (1920).
Xanthosoma panduriforme E.G.Gonç. Aroideana 34: 15 (2011).
Xanthosoma peregrinum Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 511 (1864).
Xanthosoma poeppigii var. mafaffa (Schott) J.F.Macbr. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 8 (1931).
Xanthosoma roseum Schott Oesterr. Bot. Z. 8: 178 (1858).
Xanthosoma sagittifolium K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 2 (1855), nom. illeg.
Xanthosoma utile K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 2 (1855).
Xanthosoma wallisii Linden Gard. Chron. 1869: 587 (1869).
Xanthosoma xantharrhizon (Jacq.) K.Koch Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 4 (1856).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Xanthosoma appendiculatum Schott	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Schott	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Schott.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Xanthosoma violaceum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Xanthosoma violaceum Schott	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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