Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alyxia stellata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Roem. & Schult. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ampelas hari	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
empelas hari	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maile	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mempelas hari	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mempelasari	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pelasari	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, flowers, leaves, stem bark		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 53 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alyxia aromatica Reinw. ex E.A.Duchesne Répert. Pl. Utiles Globe: 107 (1836), nom. superfl.
Alyxia oliviformis Gaudich. Voy. Uranie: 451 (1829).
Alyxia scandens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 440 (1819).
Alyxia amoena A.C.Sm. J. Arnold Arbor. 33: 115 (1952).
Alyxia brevipes (Baill.) Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 237 (1906).
Alyxia elliptica Cheeseman Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 6: 287 (1901).
Alyxia fosbergii J.Florence Novon 7: 27 (1997).
Alyxia intermedia Vieill. ex Guillaumin Bull. Soc. Bot. France 88: 364 (1941), nom. nud.
Alyxia latilimba M.L.Grant Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 17: 50 (1974).
Alyxia linearifolia A.C.Sm. Sargentia 1: 107 (1942).
Alyxia myrtillifolia (A.Gray ex Hillebr.) H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 155 (1911).
Alyxia obtusifolia R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 470 (1810).
Alyxia oliviformis f. ampla H.St.John Phytologia 32: 380 (1975).
Alyxia oliviformis f. angusta H.St.John Phytologia 32: 381 (1975).
Alyxia oliviformis f. cuneata H.St.John Phytologia 32: 381 (1975).
Alyxia oliviformis f. elliptica H.St.John Phytologia 32: 381 (1975).
Alyxia oliviformis f. fusiformis H.St.John Phytologia 32: 382 (1975).
Alyxia oliviformis var. lanceolata Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 299 (1888).
Alyxia oliviformis f. lanceolata H.St.John Phytologia 32: 382 (1975), nom. illeg.
Alyxia oliviformis f. linearis H.St.John Phytologia 32: 382 (1975).
Alyxia oliviformis f. myrtillifolia (A.Gray ex Hillebr.) H.St.John Phytologia 32: 383 (1975).
Alyxia oliviformis var. myrtillifolia A.Gray ex Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 299 (1888).
Alyxia oliviformis f. obovata H.St.John Phytologia 32: 383 (1975).
Alyxia oliviformis f. ovata (Hillebr.) H.St.John Phytologia 32: 383 (1975).
Alyxia oliviformis var. ovata Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 299 (1888).
Alyxia oliviformis f. retusa H.St.John Phytologia 32: 388 (1976).
Alyxia oliviformis f. rotundata H.St.John Phytologia 32: 384 (1975).
Alyxia oliviformis f. subacuta H.St.John Phytologia 32: 384 (1975).
Alyxia palauensis Markgr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 63: 283 (1930).
Alyxia stellata var. amoea (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm. Fl. Vit. Nova 4: 58 (1988).
Alyxia stellata var. deckeri Fosberg & Sachet Micronesica 10: 254 (1974).
Alyxia stellata var. fatuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet Micronesica 10: 254 (1974).
Alyxia stellata f. magnacarpa F.Br. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 130: 231 (1935).
Alyxia stellata f. marquesensis F.Br. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 130: 230 (1935).
Alyxia stellata var. marquesensis (F.Br.) Fosberg & Sachet Micronesica 10: 253 (1974).
Alyxia stellata f. rapensis F.Br. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 130: 231 (1935).
Alyxia sulcata Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 90 (1832).
Alyxia thozetii F.Muell. Fragm. 10: 103 (1877).
Alyxia torresiana Gaudich. Voy. Uranie: 451 (1829).
Gynopogon apolimae Rech. Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 85: 331 (1910).
Gynopogon brevipes Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 776 (1889).
Gynopogon oliviformis (Gaudich.) A.Heller Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 877 (1894).
Gynopogon oliviformis var. ovata (Hillebr.) Hochr. Candollea 5: 179 (1934).
Gynopogon scandens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Char. Gen. Pl.: 36 (1776).
Gynopogon stellatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Char. Gen. Pl.: 36 (1776).
Gynopogon torresianus (Gaudich.) K.Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 504 (1900).
Pulassarium obtusifolium (R.Br.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 417 (1891).
Pulassarium oliviformis (Gaudich.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 417 (1891).
Pulassarium scandens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 417 (1891).
Pulassarium stellatum (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 417 (1891).
Pulassarium sulcatum (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 417 (1891).
Pulassarium thozetii (F.Muell.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 417 (1891).
Pulassarium torresianum (Gaudich.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 417 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alyxia aromatica	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Alyxia oliviformis Gaud.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Alyxia scandens J.R. et Forster	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Alyxia stellata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Alyxia stellata (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Roem. & Schult.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Alyxia stellata (J.R. & G. Forst.) Roem. & Schult.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994)
Alyxia stellata (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Roem. & Schult.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alyxia stellata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Roem. & Schult.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Alyxia stellata Roemer et Schultes	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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