Plant Details

Accepted name:: Benkara sinensis (Lour.) Ridsdale [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
鸡爪簕	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Randia sinensis (Lour.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 248 (1819).
Randia stenantha Drake J. Bot. (Morot) 9: 219 (1895).
Aidia sinensis (Lour.) Masam. Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ., Biol. 4: 85 (1955).
Fagerlindia sinensis (Lour.) Tirveng. Nordic J. Bot. 3: 458 (1983).
Gardenia chinensis Carey ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 379 (1845).
Gardenia sinensis (Lour.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 762 (1824).
Oxyceros sinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 150 (1790).
Randia chinensis DC. Prodr. 4: 388 (1830), pro syn.
Randia crassispina E.T.Geddes in W.G.Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 100 (1932).
Randia fasciculata var. multiflora Pit. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 226 (1923).
Randia parvula var. mollis Craib Fl. Siam. 2: 109 (1932).
Randia stenantha var. tomentosa Pit. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 238 (1923).
Solena sinensis (Lour.) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 800 (1839).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Benkara sinensis (Lour.) Ridsdale	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Randia sinensis (Lour.) Schult.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Randia stenantha DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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