Plant Details

Accepted name:: Iphigenia indica (L.) A.Gray ex Kunth [Colchicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kaadu belluli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaki katuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
markallai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neerpanai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeru baale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pullamanaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
丽江山慈菇	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Melanthium indicum L. Mant. Pl.: 226 (1771).
Anguillaria caricina Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1439 (1830).
Anguillaria cochinchinensis Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 147 (1825).
Anguillaria indica (L.) R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 273 (1810).
Anguillaria racemosa Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1539 (1830).
Aphoma angustiflora Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 32 (1837).
Aphoma cuneata Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 32 (1837).
Hypoxidopsis pumila Steud. ex Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 450 (1879).
Iphigenia caricina (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 214 (1843).
Iphigenia racemosa A.Gray ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 213 (1843).
Lloydia melanantha H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 493 (1913).
Melanthium caricinum Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 199 (1821).
Melanthium racemosum Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 199 (1821), nom. illeg.
Notocles indica (L.) Salisb. Gen. Pl.: 54 (1866), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Iphigenia indica (L.) A. Gray ex Kunth	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Iphigenia indica (L.) A.Gray ex Kunth	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Iphigenia indica (L.) A.Kunth	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Iphigenia indica (L.) Kunth	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Iphigenia indica A. Gray	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Iphigenia indica Kunth	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Melanthium indicum L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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