Plant Details

Accepted name:: Murdannia japonica (Thunb.) Faden [Commelinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
gangdol	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nigale gava	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pokok mati hidup	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bruised stems		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Aneilema lineolatum (Blume) Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 69 (1843).
Murdannia elata (Vahl) G.Brückn. in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 15a: 173 (1930).
Aneilema cordatum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 5223 (1831), nom. nud.
Aneilema elatum (Vahl) Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 70 (1843).
Aneilema herbaceum (Roxb.) Wall. Numer. List: n.° 5223 (1831).
Aneilema japonicum (Thunb.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 70 (1843).
Aneilema latifolium Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.: t. 2072 (1853).
Commelina elata Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 178 (1805).
Commelina herbacea Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 179 (1820).
Commelina japonica Thunb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 332 (1794).
Commelina lineolata Blume Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 3 (1827).
Dirtea japonica (Thunb.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 69 (1837).
Murdannia lineolata (Blume) J.K.Morton J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 59: 474 (1966), no basionym cited.
Phaeneilema herbaceum (Roxb.) G.Brückn. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 56 (1927).
Tinantia lineolata (Blume) Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar.: 98 (1848).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aneilema lineolatum (Blume) Kunth	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Aneilema lineolatum Kunth	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Murdannia elata (Vahl) G.Brückn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Murdannia japonica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Murdannia japonica (Thunb) Faden	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Murdannia japonica (Thunb.) Faden	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Murdannia japonica (Thunberg) Faden	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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