Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Scaevola taccada
Scientific Name and Description
Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.
Herb Family
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Lobelia frutescens Mill.
Lobelia koenigii (Vahl) Saff.
Lobelia piliplena Kuntze
Lobelia sericea Kuntze
Lobelia sericea var. koenigii (M.Vahl) Kuntze
Lobelia velutina Kuntze
Scaevola bela-modagani Schult.
Scaevola billardierei D.Dietr.
Scaevola chlorantha de Vriese
Scaevola fauriei H.Lév.
Scaevola frutescens (Mill.) K.Krause
Scaevola koenigii Vahl
Scaevola lambertiana de Vriese
Scaevola lativaga Hance
Scaevola leschenaultii DC.
Scaevola macrocalyx de Vriese
Scaevola piliplena Miq.
Scaevola plumerioides Nutt.
Scaevola sericea (Gaertn.) Roxb.[1][2]: 339
Scaevola velutina C.Presl
Lobelia koenigii (Vahl) Saff.
Lobelia piliplena Kuntze
Lobelia sericea Kuntze
Lobelia sericea var. koenigii (M.Vahl) Kuntze
Lobelia velutina Kuntze
Scaevola bela-modagani Schult.
Scaevola billardierei D.Dietr.
Scaevola chlorantha de Vriese
Scaevola fauriei H.Lév.
Scaevola frutescens (Mill.) K.Krause
Scaevola koenigii Vahl
Scaevola lambertiana de Vriese
Scaevola lativaga Hance
Scaevola leschenaultii DC.
Scaevola macrocalyx de Vriese
Scaevola piliplena Miq.
Scaevola plumerioides Nutt.
Scaevola sericea (Gaertn.) Roxb.[1][2]: 339
Scaevola velutina C.Presl
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | beach cabbage, sea lettuce, beach naupaka |
| English | malayan rice paper, taccada pith |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Folk
References
Literature
Literature
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Scaevola taccada. (2024, June 28). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaevola_taccada