Plant Details

Accepted name:: Damnacanthus indicus C.F.Gaertn. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Damnacanthus indicus var. indicus

Damnacanthus indicus var. microphyllus (Makino) Makino ex Nakai

Damnacanthus indicus var. pseudogiganteus Hatus.

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

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

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

Canthium gaertneri Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 275 (1840).
Canthium indicum (C.F.Gaertn.) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 779 (1839).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Damnacanthus indicus (L.) Gaertn. f.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Damnacanthus indicus C. F. Gaertn.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Damnacanthus indicus C.F.Gaertn.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Damnacanthus indicus Gaertn. f.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Damnacanthus indicus Gaertner	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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