Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dracontium polyphyllum L. [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavikanda	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
caat karnay kalung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dracontium polyphyllum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
jangali suuran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kamana-canda	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kananacanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kattu karunai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu karunayikkilangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kattu-k-karunai-k-kilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amorphophallus wallisii Regel Gartenflora 10: 322 (1861), not validly publ.
Dracontium asperum var. wallisii Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(2): 126 (1878).
Dracontium regelianum (Engl.) Mottet Dict. Prat. Hort. 2: 240 (1893-1894).
Dracontium surinamense Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 283 (1879), not validly publ.
Dracontium wallisii K.Koch in E.E.Ender, Index Aroid.: 45 (1864), not validly publ.
Echidnium regelianum Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 286 (1879).
Echidnium spruceanum Regel Gartenflora 1866: 98 (1866), nom. illeg.
Eutereia nigricans Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 12 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dracontium polphyllum Linn.	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Dracontium polyphyllum	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)
Dracontium polyphyllum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dracontium polyphyllum Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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