Plant Details

Accepted name:: Callicarpa pentandra Roxb. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ambong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kata kera	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
membatu puteh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
membatu putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
piat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
santuk malik	Other	Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
tampang besi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
barks		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaf		Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)

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

Geunsia farinosa Blume Catalogus: 12 (1823).
Geunsia pentandra (Roxb.) Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 11: 309 (1916).
Callicarpa acuminatissima Teijsm. & Binn. Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 25: 409 (1863).
Callicarpa affinis Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 3: 864 (1910).
Callicarpa cumingiana Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 644 (1847).
Callicarpa cumingiana var. dentata (Bakh.) Moldenke Phytologia 5: 8 (1954).
Callicarpa hexandra Teijsm. & Binn. Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 25: 410 (1863).
Callicarpa longivillosa Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 17: 313 (1920 publ. 1921).
Callicarpa pentandra f. celebica Bakh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 3: 14 (1921).
Callicarpa pentandra var. cumingiana (Schauer) Bakh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 3: 16 (1921).
Callicarpa pentandra f. dentata Bakh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 3: 17 (1921).
Callicarpa pentandra f. farinosa (Blume) Bakh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 3: 13 (1921).
Callicarpa pentandra f. furfuracea Bakh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 3: 15 (1921).
Callicarpa pentandra f. hexandra (Teijsm. & Binn.) Bakh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 3: 13 (1921).
Callicarpa pentandra f. pentamera (H.J.Lam) Bakh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 3: 17 (1921).
Callicarpa pullei (H.J.Lam) Govaerts World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 12 (1999).
Callicarpa ridleyi S.Moore J. Bot. 63(Suppl.): 80 (1925).
Callicarpa serrulata (Hallier f.) Govaerts World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 12 (1999).
Callicarpa subternata (Hallier f.) Govaerts World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 12 (1999).
Callicarpa weberi Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 12: 298 (1917).
Geunsia acuminatissima (Teijsm. & Binn.) H.J.Lam Verben. Malay. Archip.: 32 (1919).
Geunsia anisophylla Hallier f. Meded. Rijks-Herb. 37: 29 (1918).
Geunsia cumingiana (Schauer) Rolfe J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 315 (1884).
Geunsia cumingiana var. dentata (Bakh.) Moldenke Phytologia 5: 8 (1954).
Geunsia cumingiana var. pentamera H.J.Lam Verben. Malay. Archip.: ? (1919).
Geunsia farinosa var. callicarpoides H.J.Lam ex Moldenke Phytologia 50: 220 (1982).
Geunsia farinosa f. serratula Moldenke Phytologia 44: 473 (1979).
Geunsia furfuracea (Bakh.) Moldenke Amer. J. Bot. 32: 612 (1945).
Geunsia hexandra (Teijsm. & Binn.) Koord. Meded. Lands Plantentuin 19: 559 (1898).
Geunsia hexandra var. macrophylla Moldenke Phytologia 49: 430 (1981).
Geunsia hexandra f. serrulata Moldenke Phytologia 5: 8 (1954).
Geunsia hookeri Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 342 (1912).
Geunsia paloensis var. celebica (Bakh.) Moldenke Phytologia 5: 8 (1954).
Geunsia pentandra var. albidella Moldenke Phytologia 5: 10 (1954).
Geunsia pullei H.J.Lam Verben. Malay. Archip.: 35 (1919).
Geunsia serrulata Hallier f. Meded. Rijks-Herb. 37: 27 (1918).
Geunsia serrulata f. anisophylla (Hallier f.) Moldenke Phytologia 50: 378 (1982).
Geunsia subternata Hallier f. Meded. Rijks-Herb. 37: 25 (1918).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Callicarpa pentandra Roxb.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Geunsia farinosa Blume	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Geunsia farinosa Blume.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Geunsia pentandra	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Geunsia pentandra (Roxb.) Merr.	Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)

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