Plant Details

Accepted name:: Breynia spatulifolia (Beille) Welzen & Pruesapan [Phyllanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dragon's tongue leaf	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
long li ye	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
longliye	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
lóng lǐ yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lóng shé yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lóng 脷 yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
niú gē yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sauropi folium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
牛哥葉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龍脷葉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龍舌葉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龍裡葉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sauropus changianus S.Y.Hu J. Arnold Arbor. 32: 393 (1951).
Sauropus spatulifolius Beille in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 652 (1927).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Breynia spatulifolia (Beille) Welzen & Pruesapan	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Sauropus changiana S.Y.Hu	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sauropus changianus	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Sauropus changianus H.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Sauropus changianus S.Y.Hu	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sauropus spatuifolius Beille	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sauropus spatulifolius Beille	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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